Patent ID: 8644977
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling pouring machines that controls the operations of two automatic pouring machines so that the operations of a first automatic pouring machine and a second automatic pouring machine are coordinated so as to have molten metal be poured into each of a number of molds of a casting line for mold, which molds are sent out in a row from a molding machine, the first automatic pouring machine comprising a first carriage that can run in the direction of the number of molds of a casting line for mold, which molds are lined up in a row, and a first pouring ladle that is attached to and transported by the first carriage and the second automatic pouring machine comprising a second carriage that can run in the direction of the molds of the casting line for mold, which molds are lined up in a row, and a second pouring ladle that is attached to and transported by the second carriage, the system or controlling pouring machines comprising: a main control device attached to a ground control panel disposed on the ground; a control device for controlling the first pouring machine disposed on a control panel mounted on the first carriage; and a control device for controlling the second pouring machine disposed on a control panel mounted on the second carriage; wherein the main control device comprises a device for storing data on mold, which device stores the data on mold and the number of the mold for each mold, the data on mold that are stored in the device for storing the data on a mold comprising at least information for each mold on the pattern that was used for molding each mold and also comprising information for each mold as to whether the first pouring ladle is scheduled to pour the molten metal in a mold and whether the second pouring ladle completed pouring the molten metal into the mold; wherein the control device for controlling the first pouring machine comprises: a first device for receiving the data on mold, which device receives the data on mold from the device for storing the data on mold of the main control device; a device for receiving information on the weight, which device receives information on the weight of the molten metal in the first pouring ladle from a detecting device that detects the weight of the molten metal in the first pouring ladle; a device for indicating the number of the pouring machine, which device calculates the number of molds and identifies the molds into which the molten metal can be poured, where the molds are counted starting from the leading mold in the running direction of the molds into which the molten metal have not yet been poured and where the calculation is made based on the information on the weight of the molten metal in the first pouring ladle and on the pattern of each mold, which information is received from the first device for receiving the data on mold and the device for receiving information on the weight, and where the device for indicating the number of the pouring machine instructs the device for storing the data on mold of the main control device to enter the data on the molds that are identified as ones into which the first pouring ladle is scheduled to pour the molten metal; a device for determining the molds into which the first pouring machine pours the molten metal, which device determines the mold into which the molten metal is to be poured based on the data on mold that were received by the first device for receiving the data on mold and based on the information on current positions of the mold; a device for directing the operation of pouring by the first pouring ladle, which device gives instructions to cause the movement of the first carriage and the start of pouring by the first pouring ladle to enable the first pouring ladle to pour the molten metal into the molds that are identified by the device for determining the molds into which the first pouring machine pours the molten metal; wherein the control device for controlling the second pouring machine comprises: a second device for receiving the data on mold, which device receives the data on mold from the device for storing the data on mold of the main control device; a device for determining the molds into which the second pouring machine pours the molten metal, which device determines the mold into which the molten metal is to be poured based on the data on mold that were received by the second device for receiving the data on mold and based on the information on the current positions of the molds; a device for directing the operation of pouring by the second pouring ladle, which device gives instructions to cause the movement of the second carriage and the start of pouring by the second pouring ladle to enable the second pouring ladle to pour the molten metal into the molds that are identified by the device for determining the molds into which the second pouring machine pours the molten metal.