Patent ID: 6422296
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B22C,B65D

Abstract:
Apparatus for producing individual cores to be used in the fabrication of multi-part core assemblies which serve as foundry molds, and comprisinga plurality of core shooting machines disposed along a production line, with the number of the core shooting machines corresponding to the number of cores required to form a desired core assembly, an assembly line positioned adjacent the production line so that the produced cores removed from the core shooting machines may be assembled into the desired core assembly, at least one additional core shooting machine positioned along or adjacent the assembly line, with the one additional core shooting machine being configured for the selective production of each of the cores required to form the desired core assembly, a manipulator associated with each core shooting machine for transferring the produced cores to the assembly line, and wherein the assembly line includes a first track that extends along the production line and a second track that communicates with and lies substantially parallel to the first track, and wherein the manipulators are configured to selectively deposit the produced cores on either the first track or the second track of the assembly line.