Patent ID: 8327912

Claim:
An automatic pouring method using a ladle to be tilted for pouring molten metal into a pouring cup of at least one flaskless or tight-flask mold in at least one pouring device movable along an X-axis parallel to a molding line in which the at least one mold is transferred, said method comprising moving the ladle on a cart along a Y-axis perpendicular to the molding line in a horizontal plane toward the at least one mold, tilting the ladle from a horizontal position toward the at least one mold about an initial axis of rotation on a fixed frame fixedly mounted on the cart, then further tilting the ladle toward the at least one mold about a first axis of rotation on a tilting frame pivotally mounted on the fixed frame, and subsequently tilting the ladle back about a second axis of rotation that differs from the first axis of rotation, the second axis being located at a position closer to a center of the ladle than is the first axis of rotation and being the same as the initial axis of rotation, wherein without vertically moving the ladle the pouring of molten metal from the ladle is carried out by moving the ladle along the X-axis and the Y-axis and by tilting the ladle about the first and second axes of rotation.