Patents Assigned to Fata Aluminium S.p.A.
  • Method and apparatus for cooling foundry castings
    Publication number: 20050217820
    Abstract: A method for cooling foundry castings, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: forming a cooling fog by nebulizing a flow of water, exposing a substantial part of the external surface of the casting to said cooling fog, measuring the temperature of the casting, and interrupting the exposure of the casting to the cooling fog when the measured temperature drops below the predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Fata Aluminium S.p.A.
    Inventor: Bartolomeo Tosco
  • Process and apparatus for producing casting cores
    Patent number: 6923240
    Abstract: A method for producing sand cores for foundry, comprising the operations of: defining a molding cavity; blowing in a mixture of sand and hydrated binder into said molding cavity so as to produce a mass of sand, which reproduces in a complementary way the shape of said molding cavity; and producing the passage, through said mass of sand, of a flow of aeriform along at least one principal direction. The method comprises the operation of generating through said mass of sand a flow of aeriform, directed at least in part in a radial direction with respect to said principal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Fata Aluminium S.p.A.
    Inventor: Bartolomeo Tosco
  • Process and apparatus for producing casting cores
    Publication number: 20040177941
    Abstract: A method for producing sand cores for foundry, comprising the operations of: defining a moulding cavity; blowing in a mixture of sand and hydrated binder into said moulding cavity so as to produce a mass of sand, which reproduces in a complementary way the shape of said moulding cavity; and producing the passage, through said mass of sand, of a flow of aeriform along at least one principal direction. The method comprises the operation of generating through said mass of sand a flow of aeriform, directed at least in part in a radial direction with respect to said principal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Fata Aluminium S.p.A
    Inventor: Bartolomeo Tosco
  • Automated casting system
    Patent number: 6725903
    Abstract: An automated casting system includes: a plurality of casting stations, a molten-metal collection station with at least one furnace containing molten metal, an automated casting apparatus extending between the casting stations and the collection station and provided with a robotic device for moving a casting ladle in a cyclic and controlled manner in order, in each cycle, to collect molten metal from the collection station and to pour it out in a station selected from the casting stations, an automatic casting-transfer apparatus extending between the casting stations and a discharge station and provided with a robotic device for moving, in a controlled manner coordinated with the casting apparatus, grippers for gripping and transferring the castings from one of the casting stations to the discharge station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Fata Aluminium S.p.A.
    Inventor: Attilio Laurino
  • Automated casting system
    Publication number: 20030183361
    Abstract: An automated casting system comprises:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: FATA ALUMINIUM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Attilio Laurino