US 12,186,802 B2
Casting equipment and casting method
Umihiko Suzuki, Nagoya (JP); Atsushi Oiwa, Nagoya (JP); and Minoru Onishi, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
Filed by SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,175.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-101561 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415225 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B22D 46/00 (2006.01); B22D 41/005 (2006.01); B22D 47/02 (2006.01)
CPC B22D 46/00 (2013.01) [B22D 41/005 (2013.01); B22D 47/02 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Casting equipment comprising:
a control device configured to acquire, regarding a first process among multiple processes in the casting equipment, specific data regarding casting molds, and configured to associate the specific data for the first process with identification information of the casting molds, separately for each of the casting molds; and
a display device provided on equipment for executing a second process after the first process among the multiple processes;
wherein the control device is configured to:
display, on the display device, the specific data for the first process associated with the identification information of the casting molds that are to be processed in the second process,
estimate, with respect to a casting mold to be processed in the second process, a first time corresponding to a position of the first process based on a second time corresponding to a position of the second process and time for changing position of the casting mold,
acquire identification information corresponding to the casting mold based on the estimated first time, and
associate the specific data for the second process with the acquired identification information of the casting mold.
 
7. A casting method comprising:
acquiring, regarding a first process among multiple processes in casting equipment, specific data regarding casting molds, and associating the specific data for the first process with identification information of the casting molds, separately for the each of the casting molds;
displaying the specific data for the first process associated with the identification information of the casting molds that are to be processed in a second process after the first process among the multiple processes, on a display device provided in equipment for executing the second process,
estimating, with respect to a casting mold to be processed in the second process, a first time corresponding to a position of the first process based on a second time corresponding to a position of the second process and time for changing position of the casting mold;
acquiring identification information corresponding to the casting mold based on the estimated first time; and
associating the specific data for the second process with the acquired identification information of the casting mold.