UCERAM is a 100% automatic mould pouring system for Ferrous Foundry
Application
Iron automatic mould pouring with a stopper-rod
Can be installed on any pouring vessel and any moulding line
Description
- Optical camera global vision sensor to measure metal flow at pouring station
- DEM9M-MQS120M electric stopper valve, to control metal flow with a stopper
- Smart adaptive pouring controller, human machine interface with full data storage
Features
- Strong iron savings by optimization of the cup size, repetition of final level in cup, reduction in overpour and shortpours
- True reduction in operator involvement to the very minimum
- Reduction in maintenance and downtime
- Increased production capacity by pouring faster than an operator can do
- Self-adaptation to process drifts and types of moulds
- 1 year traceability data storage with measures of performances
Associated products
- Automatic positioning of the pouring unit
- Cooling control
- Iron level measurement and control on a pressurized pouring unit with laser techniques
- In-stream temperature measurement
- In-stream inoculant feeder and inoculant checker
Paper
The October‐November 2011 issue of the magazine Cast Metal & Diecasting Times featured Automatic and semi‐automatic pouring systems. It included a paper entitled "Predictive control: one step ahead in automatic pouring with stopper" including a case study and results related to a major Foundry plant in the U.S. To read the paper, click below:
http://www.sert-metal.com/documents/SERTMETALpaper-CMDT2011.pdf
