BATTERY CASTING PLANT FOR CISTERN TANK

(1) CONSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES.

A Battery Casting Plant for Cisterns consists of a Casting Bench with central
slip slurry and a pipeline system. 28 moulds are arranged on the casting bench.
The two mould parts are let vertically of suspendingly in special tightening
devices on the casting bench and in the lifting frame.

Parallel to the casting bench, depositing benches (Storage Racks) are provided
at the outside, serving for depositing the demoulded pieces

The slip slurry of the individual moulds is done by means of pipelines arranged
below the casting Bench and controlled by corresponding valves, each single
mould is connected to the pipeline system by means of a Plastic hose. The slip
slurry is sent from an overhead tank which is filled up again during the casting
procedure,

(2) OPERATIONAL FEATURES:

As soon as a raw article has been formed and stiffened in the filled moulds, the
complete upper frame of the bench is fitted vibration free by means of a lifting
device.

The core with the cast piece is released from the powdered bottom part of the
mould and is lifted upwards as far as an approx. 40-50 mms wide gap becomes
existent between upper rim of the plaster mould and bottom rim of the cast
piece.

Now, a setter plate / wooden depositing plate is placed between this gap. Two
plaster pivots, inserted from inside through the core, which have been put in
prior to casting which keep the article at the core until the de-moulding has
been reached, are now released and pulled out from their arrest.

Now, the article only is kept at the core by adhesion and by means of a
compressed air gun, it easily can be released. When all articles have been de-
moulded and deposited on the corresponding wooden plate, the upper frame of
the casting plant with the inserted cores is lifted further on until the cast
articles are free accessible for fitting and sponging and can be deposited with
the plate on a second bench for drying.

After each casting procedure, the complete pipeline system has to be flushed.
To keep the flushing water consumption at a low rate, a circulation pump is
 pumping the water from a collecting tank through the pipe line system for
several times, until the interior or the pipes and hoses are cleaned.

(3) SPECIAL FEATURES OF BCC-28:

a. An economical manufacturing procedure has been made available with the

battery casting plant, system BCC-28. The plant has been mechanized so
far that the physical efforts are reduced to a minimum, by the simple
construction, only little maintenance is required. Because of the close
arrangement of the moulds, you will have 3 times saving in space
compared with the hand casting procedure.
b. The best advantage of the BCC-28 machine is that the battery casting
plant with 28 moulds required only one operator and economical & fast
manufacturing process has been made available by BCC-28.

c. The plant has been mechanized so for that the physical efforts are
reduced to a minimum.

d. The close arrangements of moulds would have little maintenance problems

but there will be saving of space as compared to hand moulding system.

e. The plant itself has no drying device. Generally, it is sufficient when the
working area is heated up to approx. 40 degree centigrade during the
night hours. During this period, the moulds are on the casting plant in
opened condition. By using fans, the drying effect still can be improved.

f. The Neptune has designed Hot Air Generator & its drying system for
fast mould & core drying process. The loopholes duct line will be installed
at top of BCC-28 machine, which continuously throws hot air vertically
downward over moulds & cores.

g. The Hot Air will be generated by single gas fired Burner Box and Air
Blower of 5 HP Motor. The suction of air in Blower will be done from shop
floor so re-circulation of air will develop average 40'C temp, in working
area & moulding shop. While direct hot air flow over moulds & cores will
increase drying rate, so production rate can be increased.