A core forming device is equipped with a kneading tank in which raw materials of a core are kneaded, a raw material supply unit that supplies the raw materials to the kneading tank, a mold that accommodates a kneaded material including the raw materials kneaded in the kneading tank and that forms the core, a piston that injects the kneaded material into the mold, a position sensor that detects a position of the piston, and a control unit that controls a supply amount of the raw materials supplied to the kneading tank from the raw material supply unit. The control unit determines the supply amount of the raw materials based on a difference between the position of the piston upon completion of injection and a reference position of the piston.

Methods for improved molds for the casting of metals and to prevent the complexity of the production from increasing are disclosed. Improved may be defined such that a mold consisting of the molding material has a surface of uniform hardness, even in the event of a change or variation in the quality of at least one of a plurality of properties of the molding material.

Methods for improved molds for the casting of metals and to prevent the complexity of the production from increasing are disclosed. Improved may be defined such that a mold consisting of the molding material has a surface of uniform hardness, even in the event of a change or variation in the quality of at least one of a plurality of properties of the molding material.

[Problem] To provide a method and device that automatically detects misalignment during flask mating in an automatic flask mating device for molding flasks for casting.

[Solution] In an automatic flask mating device, an external force applied to a cope with a cope molding flask M1 during flask mating is detected by means of a physical quantity detection sensor 60, quantified by a computation/storage/determination processing device 61, and then compared with a numerical value at a normal time for determination to thereby determine whether the flask mating has normally completed and detect flask mating misalignment. A force sensor is preferably used as the physical quantity detection sensor.

A flaskless molding machine includes: an upper flask; a lower flask; an upper sand tank; an upper plate attached to a lower end of the upper sand tank; a first lower sand tank; a second lower sand tank; a lower plate attached to an upper end of the second lower sand tank; a drive unit performing squeezing using the upper plate and the lower plate; an adjustment drive unit moving the first lower sand tank; a first detector detecting a height position of the first lower sand tank; a second detector detecting a height position of the second lower sand tank; and a control unit operating the drive unit and the adjustment drive unit so that the height positions of the first communication port and the second communication port coincide with each other, based on detection results of the first detector and the second detector.

A flaskless molding machine includes: an upper flask; a lower flask; a drive unit moving the lower flask; a lower filling frame; an upper plate; a lower plate; an upper flask oil-hydraulic cylinder coupled to the upper flask; a first oil-hydraulic circuit of the upper flask oil-hydraulic cylinder; a lower filling frame oil-hydraulic cylinder coupled to the lower filling frame; a second oil-hydraulic circuit of the lower filling frame oil-hydraulic cylinder; and drive units performing a squeeze process by moving the lower plate in an upward direction, wherein the first oil-hydraulic circuit includes a back pressure circuit applying a first back pressure serving as a resistance against an upward movement of the upper flask toward the upper plate, and the second oil-hydraulic circuit includes a back pressure circuit applying a second back pressure serving as a resistance against a downward movement of the lower filling frame toward the lower plate.

A flaskless molding machine includes: an upper flask; a lower flask; a drive unit moving the lower flask; a lower filling frame; an upper plate; a lower plate; an upper flask oil-hydraulic cylinder coupled to the upper flask; a first oil-hydraulic circuit of the upper flask oil-hydraulic cylinder; a lower filling frame oil-hydraulic cylinder coupled to the lower filling frame; a second oil-hydraulic circuit of the lower filling frame oil-hydraulic cylinder; and drive units performing a squeeze process by moving the lower plate in an upward direction, wherein the first oil-hydraulic circuit includes a back pressure circuit applying a first back pressure serving as a resistance against an upward movement of the upper flask toward the upper plate, and the second oil-hydraulic circuit includes a back pressure circuit applying a second back pressure serving as a resistance against a downward movement of the lower filling frame toward the lower plate.

A flaskless molding machine comprises: an upper flask; a lower flask; an upper sand tank disposed above the upper flask; an upper plate attached to a lower end of the upper sand tank, with a supply port being formed in the upper plate, and configured to enter and be retracted from the inside of the upper flask; a first lower sand tank having a first communication port; a second lower sand tank disposed below the lower flask having a second communication port capable of communicating with the first communication port; a lower plate attached to an upper end of the second lower sand tank, with a supply port being formed in the lower plate, and configured to enter and be retracted from the inside of the lower flask; a drive unit moving the second lower sand tank; and an adjustment drive unit moving the first lower sand tank.

A flaskless molding machine comprises: an upper flask; a lower flask; an upper sand tank disposed above the upper flask; an upper plate attached to a lower end of the upper sand tank, with a supply port being formed in the upper plate, and configured to enter and be retracted from the inside of the upper flask; a first lower sand tank having a first communication port; a second lower sand tank disposed below the lower flask having a second communication port capable of communicating with the first communication port; a lower plate attached to an upper end of the second lower sand tank, with a supply port being formed in the lower plate, and configured to enter and be retracted from the inside of the lower flask; a drive unit moving the second lower sand tank; and an adjustment drive unit moving the first lower sand tank.

A molding machine forms a mold by using a transferred molding flask and pattern plate, and includes: a filling frame; a squeeze head mechanism including a squeeze board movable into and out from the filling frame, and a plurality of squeeze feet passing through the squeeze board, being able to move up and down with respect to the squeeze board; a sand injection hopper including at least one sand injection port for injecting molding sand into a molding space defined by the molding flask, the filling frame, the squeeze head mechanism, and the pattern plate; and a sand injection nozzle provided in a component detachably attached to an opening of the side portion of the filling frame to enable the sand injection port and the molding space to communicate with each other.