A casting mold making apparatus and a method employing a tank with a pour hole formed at a bottom wall of the tank and an opening section open toward the opposite side to a bottom wall side. A first process of the method includes stirring component materials inside the tank with a stirring impeller so as to make a foam mixture while an opening section side of the tank is closed and the pour hole is closed. The second process is performed after the first process and includes opening the pour hole, pressing the tank against a mold such that a fill hole formed so as to pass into the mold is disposed adjacent to the pour hole, and supplying compressed air into the tank while stirring the foam mixture inside the tank with the stirring impeller so as to fill the foam mixture into a cavity of the mold.

The present invention includes: a connector unit configured to disconnectably connect an injection container unit and a lid member; and a vertically driving mechanism configured to cause the injection container unit and the lid member to move up and down together when the injection container unit and the lid member are connected together and to cause the lid member to move up and down when the injection container unit and the lid member are not connected together.

A casting mold making apparatus and a method employing a tank with a pour hole formed at a bottom wall of the tank and an opening section open toward the opposite side to a bottom wall side. A first process of the method includes stirring component materials inside the tank with a stirring impeller so as to make a foam mixture while an opening section side of the tank is closed and the pour hole is closed. The second process is performed after the first process and includes opening the pour hole, pressing the tank against a mold such that a fill hole formed so as to pass into the mold is disposed adjacent to the pour hole, and supplying compressed air into the tank while stirring the foam mixture inside the tank with the stirring impeller so as to fill the foam mixture into a cavity of the mold.

A casting method is provided that includes a mold, a mixer, and first and second materials. A first pour and a second pour are dispensed from the mixer. The first pour has different proportions of the first and second materials as compared to the second pour. The first pour forms a first layer of a molded part, and the second pour forms a second layer of the molded part.

A core manufacturing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores core sand; a kneading vessel configured to be fed with the core sand; a kneading rod configured to knead the core sand; and a piston configured to eject the kneaded core sand. The kneading vessel is capable of transitioning between a horizontally lying state and a vertically standing state and configured to be fed with the core sand in the horizontally lying state. The piston is configured to eject the core sand downward and pack it into a mold with the kneading vessel in the vertically standing state. The storage unit includes a valve that opens and closes the feed port. The storage unit is coupled to the kneading vessel so as to be turnable around a second shaft and configured to maintain the same posture with the valve in contact with the feed port while the kneading vessel turns.

The present invention includes: an injection container unit; a lid member; and an ejection air supply section configured to press a foamed mixed material in the injection container unit with compressed air and thereby eject the foamed mixed material through an ejection port, the lid member being provided with a sealing body configured to deform when a fluid is injected and thereby make close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the injection container unit during the pressing.

The present invention includes: a connector unit configured to disconnectably connect an injection container unit and a lid member; and a vertically driving mechanism configured to cause the injection container unit and the lid member to move up and down together when the injection container unit and the lid member are connected together and to cause the lid member to move up and down when the injection container unit and the lid member are not connected together.

A cycle is repeatedly carried out, the cycle including: a material feeding step of feeding a material whose amount is larger than an amount that is needed to form a single mold; a mixing step; an ejection step; and a measurement step of measuring, once before or after the ejection step, an amount of foamed mixed sand contained in a mixing tank. The material at least partially is not fed in the material feeding step in the cycle in which the amount of the foamed mixed sand is not less than a first threshold.

Provided is a core manufacturing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store core sand; a kneading vessel configured to be fed with the core sand; a kneading rod configured to knead the core sand; and a piston configured to eject the kneaded core sand. The kneading vessel is capable of transitioning between a horizontally lying state and a vertically standing state and configured to be fed with the core sand in the horizontally lying state. The piston is configured to eject and pack the core sand into a mold with the kneading vessel in the vertically standing state. The storage unit is turnably coupled to the kneading vessel and configured to remain coupled to the kneading vessel in the same posture while the kneading vessel turns.

A core manufacturing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores core sand; a kneading vessel configured to be fed with the core sand; a kneading rod configured to knead the core sand; and a piston configured to eject the kneaded core sand. The kneading vessel is capable of transitioning between a horizontally lying state and a vertically standing state and configured to be fed with the core sand in the horizontally lying state. The piston is configured to eject the core sand downward and pack it into a mold with the kneading vessel in the vertically standing state. The storage unit includes a valve that opens and closes the feed port. The storage unit is coupled to the kneading vessel so as to be turnable around a second shaft and configured to maintain the same posture with the valve in contact with the feed port while the kneading vessel turns.