Patent ID: 6871692

Claim:
An apparatus for casting metal ingots, comprising: a feed system for delivering molten metal to be cast; an indexing carousel at the end of feed system for indexing moulds provided thereon, comprising: a pouring station for pouring molten metal into a mould; a skimming station for skimming dross from the surface of molten metal; a mould transfer station for transferring the mould with molten metal from the indexing carousel and replacing it with an empty mould; and drive means for rotating the carousel; transfer means for transferring the mould with molten metal from the mould transfer station of the carousel to a cooling section and returning the empty mould back to the mould transfer station of the carousel; a cooling section, comprising a plurality of cooling chambers; a remote demoulding station, for removing a solidified ingot from the mould; and means for transferring ingot to further processing.