Movie Of Automated Master Caster

[bstone5]

Hope this works, Worked in testing area.

The mold is at the pour position for 1 second before pour begins.

In pour position for pour and to cool for 4 seconds.

Move to blower position for 3 seconds

Repeat.

Link to Movie Below

http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/bstone5706/media/CastingMachine1_zpsf24d3ac0.mp4.html

[landers]

Great work, it is so cool to see someone's hard work payoff.

[perotter]

Looks like it work great. Thanks for posting the movie.

[1Shirt]

That is just plain slick! Looks like great engineering!
1Shirt1

[skeettx]

Sweet gugga mugga !!!
Thanks for sharing

[dreamer56]

Awesome! congrats!

[HATCH]

Pretty neat.
How did you do the pause for the fan cycle?
You did you use a valve on the air cylinder to keep it in position for the fan?

I have a flow control valve on the air supply for the movement cylinder and then put a valve on the output to slow the return.

[bstone5]

Hatch

I used two pressure regulators one set at 85 PSI and one set to 20 PSI. Each pressure goes to an air switch. The air switch out puts goes to a shuttle valve. The out put of the scuttle valve goes to the long air cylinder used to move the mold carrier.

A 40 mil sec single goes to the high pressure air switch to start the mold to move, the 20 psi air switch is turned on for 3 seconds to hold the mold in the blower position.

I used a total of three air switches and two pressure regulators. The pictures shows the two air pressure regulators.

A few changes in the program were required to make the mold hold in the blower position.

[HATCH]

I think i could do the same with one air valve using one output from the plc and two lines of code.

Its neat still.
You are running a ten second cycle time?
what size boolits have you tried?

[bstone5]

The bullets below have been cast on the automated machine.

I cast the bullets, powder coat and install cola can gas checks.

These bullets can be loaded at jacket velocity and there is no lead in the barrel.

I have tried the Piglet method of coating and I have some of the Hi-Tech coating but for the best accuracy I have found the cola can gas check is required.

The gas check gives a good seal and no gas gets past the check to cause lead in the barrel. The cola can gas check cleans the barrel with each shot.