A system for transporting material is provided. The system includes a container and a robot having a material-handling device for inserting the material into the container and removing the material from the container. The system also includes a track assembly having a track and at least one platform on which the robot and the container are mounted such that the robot and the container are movable along the track via the at least one platform.

A method for forming an amorphous alloy part, including: placing a master alloy on a melting platform; heating and melting the master alloy under vacuum to yield an alloy melt; stopping heating and allowing the alloy melt to cool to a temperature between a glass transition temperature and a liquidus temperature thereof; and press-forming and cooling the alloy melt, to form the amorphous alloy part.

A method for forming an amorphous alloy part, including: placing a master alloy on a melting platform; heating and melting the master alloy under vacuum to yield an alloy melt; stopping heating and allowing the alloy melt to cool to a temperature between a glass transition temperature and a liquidus temperature thereof; and press-forming and cooling the alloy melt, to form the amorphous alloy part.

A melting and holding furnace includes a main body and a material input mechanism supplying a molten metal to the body which includes a melting chamber; a molten metal receiving chamber; a pumping-out chamber; and a molten metal heating mechanism. The input mechanism includes a molten-metal surface level sensor to detect that the surface height position of the metal in the pumping-out chamber has reached a lower limit that is set to be above the lower surface height position of a lid of the melting chamber, and is set to supply the receiving chamber with the metal and/or the metal block when the sensor detects that the surface height position of the metal in the pumping-out chamber has reached the lower limit so that the surface height position of the metal in the pumping-out chamber is always kept above the lower surface height position of the lid.

A melting and holding furnace includes a main body and a material input mechanism supplying a molten metal to the body which includes a melting chamber; a molten metal receiving chamber; a pumping-out chamber; and a molten metal heating mechanism. The input mechanism includes a molten-metal surface level sensor to detect that the surface height position of the metal in the pumping-out chamber has reached a lower limit that is set to be above the lower surface height position of a lid of the melting chamber, and is set to supply the receiving chamber with the metal and/or the metal block when the sensor detects that the surface height position of the metal in the pumping-out chamber has reached the lower limit so that the surface height position of the metal in the pumping-out chamber is always kept above the lower surface height position of the lid.

[Problem] To provide casting equipment and a casting method that can easily track and extract measurement data across multiple processes.

[Solution] There is provided casting equipment 1 comprising a control device that acquires, regarding multiple processes in the casting equipment 1, specific data regarding casting molds in each frame, and that associates the specific data for the respective processes with the casting molds, separately for the casting molds in each frame; and a display device provided, with respect to a first process among the multiple processes and a second process later than the first process, on equipment for executing the second process; wherein the control device displays, on the display device, the specific data for the first process associated with the casting molds that are to be processed in the second process.

[Problem] To provide casting equipment and a casting method that can easily track and extract measurement data across multiple processes.

[Solution] There is provided casting equipment 1 comprising a control device that acquires, regarding multiple processes in the casting equipment 1, specific data regarding casting molds in each frame, and that associates the specific data for the respective processes with the casting molds, separately for the casting molds in each frame; and a display device provided, with respect to a first process among the multiple processes and a second process later than the first process, on equipment for executing the second process; wherein the control device displays, on the display device, the specific data for the first process associated with the casting molds that are to be processed in the second process.

A cooling vessel for metal recovery from waste products including a first open end, a second closed end, and a sidewall extending between the first open end and the second closed end. The vessel has a longitudinal central axis extending from the first open end to the second closed end. In a plane including the longitudinal axis and extending from the first open end to the second closed end, opposing interior surfaces of the vessel are at an angle of 30-50 to one another. The thickness of the sidewall adjacent the second closed end is greater than the thickness of the sidewall at the first open end. A diameter of the inner surface of the vessel along a first major axis may be greater than a diameter of the inner surface of the vessel along a second minor axis such that a cross-section of the vessel is oval.

A reusable casting head device comprises a casting head control mechanism, a casting head mechanism and a temperature control mechanism. A gate of the casting head is sealed by the gate holder to allow that initially heated molten aluminum is rapidly heated in the casting head, thus improving efficiency; the casting head made of beryllium copper is heated and maintained by the high-frequency heating ring, thus providing a high accuracy of temperature measurement and control; and the rotating cylinder, the positioning cylinder and the reverse rotating cylinder are employed for procedure operation to intelligentize the casting operation, thus providing low production cost.

A reusable casting head device comprises a casting head control mechanism, a casting head mechanism and a temperature control mechanism. A gate of the casting head is sealed by the gate holder to allow that initially heated molten aluminum is rapidly heated in the casting head, thus improving efficiency; the casting head made of beryllium copper is heated and maintained by the high-frequency heating ring, thus providing a high accuracy of temperature measurement and control; and the rotating cylinder, the positioning cylinder and the reverse rotating cylinder are employed for procedure operation to intelligentize the casting operation, thus providing low production cost.