Patent ID: 8033315

Claim:
A casting tool for the production of castings, comprising: a first casting tool unit including a first casting mold half with a first mold recess, the contour of the first mold recess at least partly defining the shape of the casting; an ejecting assembly disposed on that side of the first casting mold half which faces away from the first mold recess and capable of movement in the direction of a Z-axis relative to said first casting tool unit, the ejecting assembly having at least one ejecting rod which extends through an access bore pertaining to said first casting mold half into said first mold recess; and an entrainer unit attached to said ejecting assembly, wherein a contact surface provided on said first casting tool unit is assigned to the entrainer unit for contacting said entrainer unit, said entrainer unit and said contact surface jointly defining the maximum distance of the first casting tool unit from said ejecting assembly, said contact surface is provided on a releasable and/or adjustable spacing element, the spacing element being adjustable in terms of its dimension in the direction of the Z-axis by means of an adjusting device, the spacing element is attached to said first casting tool unit and extends away from said ejecting assembly in the direction of the Z-axis, the spacing element pertaining to said first casting tool unit and being in the form of a hollow cylinder, and said entrainer unit is mounted on a guide member attached to said ejecting assembly guided inside said spacing element.