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PCT No. PCT/JP97/04348 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 5, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 5, 1999 PCT Filed Nov. 28, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/23403 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 1998An improved apparatus for producing a semisolid shaping metal that has fine primary crystals dispersed in the liquid phase and which also has a uniform temperature distribution comprises a melt pouring section comprising a melting furnace which melts and holds a metal and a pouring device which lifts out the molten metal from said melting furnace, adjusts it to a specified temperature and pours it into a holding vessel, a nucleating section which generates crystal nuclei in the melt as it is supplied from said pouring device into said holding vessel, a crystal generating section which performs temperature adjustment such that the metal obtained from said nucleating section falls within a desired molding temperature range as it is cooled to a molding temperature at which it is partially solid, partially liquid, a holding vessel heating section which adjusts the temperature of the holding vessel when it is empty, a holding vessel conditioning section which inverts the holding vessel so that a partially molten metal is discharged and which then cleans the inner surfaces of the holding vessel, and a vessel transporting section furnished with an automating device including a robot with which the partially molten metal from said nucleating section is transported into the injection sleeve of a molding machine.
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