A POURING METHOD AND PLANT THEREFOR

摘要

A pouring method and a pouring plant are described. Mould sections (15) are produced piecewise with cavities at two opposite ends thereof. The mould sections are combined in a line (15A-15D), wherein the cavities define a mould cavity (15a) having an exposed pour cup (30). The line of mould sections is advanced incrementally by drive means (16, 162) through an increment length that corresponds to the length of the mould sections (15), to and through a moulding station (50). The true lengths of the produced sections (15) are measured and registered. The difference in length between the first mould section (15D) in the line (15A-15D) that lies immediately upstream of a pour cup (30), where a pouring operation was last carried out, and the last mould section (15A) in the line is calculated. The pouring machine (20) is moved from its latest pouring position along the line through a distance corresponding to this length difference while the line (15A-15D) is advanced towards the pouring station (50) to an end position (18) of the line advancing means (16, 162).