The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.

The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.

A ladle, process, and system for casting an aluminum-based alloy includes a casting ladle. The casting ladle includes a cup and the cup defines an opening. The ladle also includes an ultrasonic transducer including an end immersed in the cup, wherein the cup exhibits a first depth and the ultrasonic transducer is immersed in the cup at a second depth in a range of 5 percent to 100 percent of the first depth. An aluminum-based alloy melt is introduced into an opening of a casting ladle, an ultrasonic transducer immersed in the aluminum-based alloy melt is activated, and the aluminum-based alloy melt is transferred onto a casting surface.

The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.

The present application relates to a bath transfer system with a vessel for receiving molten metal, a duct for conveying the molten metal from the vessel through the duct, a vessel cover for air-tightly sealing a vessel interior, and a tilting mechanism for tilting the vessel. The tilting mechanism includes at least one pedestal that is hingedly connected to the vessel, and a blocking device on the vessel for blocking the pedestal in a functional position, the pedestal being movable from a rest position into the functional position in which the pedestal extends beyond a bottom of the vessel.

The present application relates to a bath transfer system with a vessel for receiving molten metal, a duct for conveying the molten metal from the vessel through the duct, a vessel cover for air-tightly sealing a vessel interior, and a tilting mechanism for tilting the vessel. The tilting mechanism includes at least one pedestal that is hingedly connected to the vessel, and a blocking device on the vessel for blocking the pedestal in a functional position, the pedestal being movable from a rest position into the functional position in which the pedestal extends beyond a bottom of the vessel.

An apparatus may comprise a degassing system and a treatment station. The treatment station may comprise a shell, a refractory disposed in the shell, and insulation disposed between the shell and the refractory. The refractory may comprise a first plurality of slots, a second plurality of slots, and a trough. The first plurality of slots may be upstream from the degassing system and the second plurality of slots may be downstream from the degassing system. A first skim brick may be slideably disposed in a first one of the first plurality of slots and a second skim brick may be slideably disposed in a first one of the second plurality of slots. A first filter may be slideably disposed in a second one of the first plurality of slots and a second filter may be slideably disposed in a second one of the second plurality of slots.