Patent ID: 8886349

Claim:
A method of supplying molten metal from a melting furnace to a pouring ladle of an automatic pouring machine, wherein the method comprises the steps of: after supplying the required quantity of alloy materials in a treating ladle that connects the melting furnace with the pouring ladle by transporting the molten metal from the melting furnace to the pouring ladle, supplying the molten metal from the melting furnace into the treating ladle and having the treating ladle stand by, which treating ladle holds the molten metal that was supplied to it; transporting the pouring ladle that was separated from the automatic pouring machine to the treating ladle that was kept standing by; pouring the molten metal from the treating ladle into the pouring ladle, which treating ladle was kept standing by; and fixing the pouring ladle that received the molten metal to the automatic pouring machine.