METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING FLASKLESS COPE AND DRAG, AND METHOD OF REPLACING MATCHPLATE

摘要

A method and device capable of efficiently forming a high-quality flaskless cope and drag. A matchplate is held by a cope and drag as a set, the cope and drag being in a horizontal state and each having a sand blowing nozzle in the side wall. Upper and lower squeeze means are respectively inserted in matchplate-less openings in the cope and drag to define two upper and lower cavities. The cope and drag and the matchplate are set in a vertical state, and at the same time the sand blowing nozzles are moved upward. Molding sand is blown from the sand blowing nozzles into the two upper and lower forming cavities to fill the cavities. While the cope and drag and the matchplate being returned to a horizontal state, the upper and lower squeeze means are further advanced, and the molding sand in the two upper and lower forming cavities are individually squeezed. The cope and drag containing the mold are separated from the matchplate, and then the matchplate is removed from between the cope and drag. A core is set, when required, in the mold previously formed during the steps above, and then the mold is removed from the cope and drag containing the mold.