Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a mold information management device, a casting system, and a mold information management method each of which makes it possible to reduce a rate of occurrence of defective casting products due to unreadable identification marks, as compared to a conventional rate of the occurrence. A mold information management device includes at least one processor, the processor carrying out: a determination process for determining whether an identification mark is good or not, on the basis of image data or profile data obtained by capturing an image of or scanning a surface of a mold on which the identification mark is engraved; and an associating process for associating the identification mark with information on at least one of history and properties of the mold, in a case where the identification mark has been determined to be good in the determination process.

Abstract: A laser marking apparatus includes a head marking the identifier on a mold, a light-shielding case, a light-shielding gate provided at either a carrying-in port or a carrying-out port of the light-shielding case, and a control unit controlling operation of the head and operation of the light-shielding gate, and the control unit closes the light-shielding gate and causes the head to start a marking operation on the mold in response to carrying-in of the mold into the operation space and opens the light-shielding gate in response to the marking operation ending.

Abstract: A cast product management system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an input terminal, information on a defect of an inspected cast product; a database configured to the information on the defect acquired by the acquisition unit and information on a period when the cast product is manufactured in association with each other; and an output unit configured to output a time-series transition of the information on the defect with reference to the database.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve accuracy in inspection of an appearance of a mold. The inspection device includes at least one processor for performing an inspection step of inspecting an appearance of a mold using a learned model constructed by machine learning. Input into the learned model includes an inspection image obtained by imaging the appearance of the mold. Output from the learned model is information indicating an inspection result of the appearance of the mold.

Abstract: An object is to accurately estimate loss-on-ignition in a short time. A loss-on-ignition estimation apparatus includes at least one processor configured to carry out an estimation step, the estimation step including estimating the loss-on-ignition of foundry sand with use of a learned model constructed by means of machine learning. The learned model is configured to receive, as input, (1) sand weight data relating to a weight of the foundry sand detected in a calcination period and (2) at least one of (i) sand property data relating to one or more properties of the foundry sand, (ii) additive data relating to one or more additives added to the foundry sand, and (iii) calcination environment data relating to a calcination environment detected in the calcination period. The learned model is configured to generate, as output, an estimated loss-on-ignition of the foundry sand.

Abstract: Provided is a technique that allows an operator or the like to easily perceive a tendency of defects which are present in molds or patterns. A display device displays a result of inspection of a plurality of molds or a plurality of patterns which are inspection target objects. The display device classifies the inspection target objects into a plurality of groups, generates, for each of the plurality of groups, a heat map image from a result of defect inspection of one or more of inspection target objects which are classified into the each of the plurality of groups, the heat map image representing a spatial distribution of defect occurrence frequencies; and causes a display to display one or more of the heat map images generated, the one or more heat map images corresponding to one or more groups specified by a user from among the plurality of groups.

Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where pressure inside the tank is higher than initial pressure during the sand filling in which the sand is introduced into the flask is satisfied.

Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where arrival time from the start of sand filling until the pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is shorter than the initial arrival time obtained in advance is satisfied.

Abstract: A casting system includes a laser marking device configured to mark an identifying mark on a casting or a mold under a set marking condition, a recognition device configured to recognize the identifying mark marked on a surface of the casting by the laser marking device or the identifying mark transferred to the surface of a casting produced using the mold marked by the laser marking device, on the basis of a detection result of a sensor, wherein the laser marking device changes the set marking condition in a case in which the identifying mark on the casting is not recognized by the recognition device.

Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where pressure inside the tank is higher than initial pressure during the sand filling in which the sand is introduced into the flask is satisfied.

Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where arrival time from the start of sand filling until the pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is shorter than the initial arrival time obtained in advance is satisfied.

Abstract: A management system includes: a tag given to structures including at least one of a pattern, a molding board, and a molding flask; a storage device; and a control device, wherein the control device is configured to store, in the storage device, collected data and management information being associated with each other, and when a predetermined condition is met in a case where the mold is transferred from a first position to a second position, associate the collected data with management information at the second position based on the information read from the tag, and the predetermined condition is met when the mold having been transferred to the first position along with the structure given the tag is not transferred to the second position along with the structure given the tag, or when the mold is combined with the structure given the tag at the second position.

Abstract: A mold molding apparatus can successively mold casting molds having the necessary casting mold strength, and a method for controlling the mold molding apparatus. A molding sensor measures a pressure of molding sand exerted on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze foot, or on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze board; and a control device that controls operation of the mold molding apparatus based on outputs from the molding sensors.

Abstract: A mold molding apparatus can successively mold casting molds having the necessary casting mold strength, and a method for controlling the mold molding apparatus. A molding sensor measures a pressure of molding sand exerted on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze foot, or on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze board; and a control device that controls operation of the mold molding apparatus based on outputs from the molding sensors.

Abstract: A mold molding apparatus can successively mold casting molds having the necessary casting mold strength, and a method for controlling the mold molding apparatus. A molding sensor measures a pressure of molding sand exerted on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze foot, or on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze board; and a control device that controls operation of the mold molding apparatus based on outputs from the molding sensors.

Abstract: A mold processing system includes a conveyance line intermittently conveying a mold with a predetermined standstill time, a processing apparatus, a conveyance apparatus conveying the processing apparatus along the conveyance line, and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls the conveyance apparatus to set the processing apparatus at a position corresponding to a first position on the conveyance line and controls the processing apparatus to perform a part of the process on the mold conveyed to the first position, and the control unit controls, after completion of the part of the process, the conveyance apparatus to move the processing apparatus to a position corresponding to a second position and controls the processing apparatus to perform the rest of the process within the standstill time.

Abstract: An information display system includes: a display; an input device; a control device connected with the display and the input device; and a database configured to associate and store various parameters measured and calculated in a step of producing a cast, wherein the control device includes a graph display control unit configured to refer to the database and display a graph on the display, and an information display control unit configured to display, in response to acceptance of a user operation, information relevant to parameter included in the various parameters and associated with the display parameter at the data point selected by the user operation, on the display.

Abstract: A mold molding apparatus can successively mold casting molds having the necessary casting mold strength, and a method for controlling the mold molding apparatus. A molding sensor measures a pressure of molding sand exerted on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze foot, or on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze board; and a control device that controls operation of the mold molding apparatus based on outputs from the molding sensors.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a mold information management device, a casting system, and a mold information management method each of which makes it possible to reduce a rate of occurrence of defective casting products due to unreadable identification marks, as compared to a conventional rate of the occurrence. A mold information management device includes at least one processor, the processor carrying out: a determination process for determining whether an identification mark is good or not, on the basis of image data or profile data obtained by capturing an image of or scanning a surface of a mold on which the identification mark is engraved; and an associating process for associating the identification mark with information on at least one of history and properties of the mold, in a case where the identification mark has been determined to be good in the determination process.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve accuracy in inspection of an appearance of a mold. The inspection device includes at least one processor for performing an inspection step of inspecting an appearance of a mold using a learned model constructed by machine learning. Input into the learned model includes an inspection image obtained by imaging the appearance of the mold. Output from the learned model is information indicating an inspection result of the appearance of the mold.