Patent ID: 6715535
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A method of rotary casting, comprising:providing a mold with an ingate end pointing upwardly and mounting said mold on a base plate; rotating said mold together with the base plate by approximately 180Â° around a horizontal rotational axis so that the ingate end points downwardly; providing a casting container with an upwardly positioned aperture end; filling said casting container with melt for one casting operation; then sealingly coupling the casting container with said aperture end to the downwardly pointing ingate end of the mold; rotating the mold with the casting container approximately 180Â° around a horizontal axis; letting the melt move into the mold during said rotating; releasing the casting container from the mold; and removing the casting container from the mold wherein the casting container aperture end is positioned downward.