TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR A MOULD-STRING CASTING PLANT

In a transport system for a mould-string casting plant comprising a moulding machine ( 1 ) delivering a plurality of uniform mould parts ( 3 ) to a string of moulds on the transport system transporting the moulds from the moulding machine ( 1 ) to a pouring station ( 4 ) and further on to a solidification and cooling section (II, III, IV) and ending at a knock-out station in which the castings are taken out of the moulds ( 3 ), the transport system comprises in combination-a second section (II), in which the moulds ( 3 ) in the string are transported slidingly by means of movable longitudinal side rails ( 8 ) applying a positive lateral force on each side of the mould string ( 3 ) and moving in an advancing and longitudinal stepwise manner synchronised with the movement provided by the pressure plate ( 2 ) of the moulding machine ( 1 ), and-a third section (III), in which the transport is effected by means of a walling beam system ( 6, 7 ). In this way it is possible to provide a longer high-precision transport than possible when only using either side rail transport or walking beam transport.