Core shooting machines are specialized automated equipment used in the foundry industry for manufacturing sand cores. Their core function involves injecting sand cores of specific formulations into moulds through a defined process, rapidly solidifying them to form sand cores used for casting internal cavities, holes, or complex structures.
Product Description
Description of Automatic Sand Core Shooting Machine
Core shooting machines are specialized automated equipment used in the foundry industry for manufacturing sand cores. Their core function involves injecting sand cores of specific formulations into moulds through a defined process, rapidly solidifying them to form sand cores used for casting internal cavities, holes, or complex structures. These machines are critical equipment in foundry production, ensuring casting precision and enhancing efficiency.
Classification of core shooter:
By Structure:Vertical Parting and horizontal parting Core Shooting Machine
Vertical Parting Core Shooting Machine: Features vertical parting for mould opening and closing. Capable of mounting two distinct mould sets simultaneously, with a central fixed frame allowing double-sided installation of fixed moulds. Moulds open left and right, making it suitable for producing sand cores of various shapes, particularly those with complex geometries requiring multi-faceted forming.
Horizontal Parting Core Shooting Machine: Typically featuring a larger sand injection area, this machine produces larger cores with convenient core insertion. It is frequently employed in manufacturing cores for large castings.
By Process: Hot Box Core Shooting Machine and Cold Box Core Shooting Machine
Hot-box core shooters: These machines rapidly inject core sand mixtures—bonded with liquid or solid thermosetting resins—into heated moulds using compressed air. The sand core preheats within the mould before rapidly hardening to a specified thickness (approximately 5–10mm). The finished core is then extracted, yielding a high-quality product with a smooth surface and precise dimensions.
Cold-Box Core Shooter: The operating principle involves propelling core sand at high velocity into the mould cavity of the core box using compressed air. A curing agent (triethylamine or carbon dioxide) is then introduced to rapidly solidify the sand mixture, ultimately producing the casting core. The entire process can be simplified into three key steps: 'sand injection and filling - gas curing - demoulding and core extraction.

Product Technical Parameter
The advantages of core shooting machine:
(1) it can save the cost of sand core
(2) make the air permeability of sand core good
(3) gas evolution is low
(4) make the casting surface smooth
(5) high precision, mechanical performance is good
The application area of core shooting machine:
They are widely used in all kinds of valve,agricultural machinery industry,automobile, sewing machine, tractor.And by more and more users to accept.
The characteristics of core shooting machine:
(1) machine adopts PLC control
(2) drive mode is pneumatic drive or hydraulic drive, it is according to the customer`s requirements.
(3) Machine can electrical heating ,automatic temperature control
(4) It is full automatic
Specification







XIANGMAO MACHINERY ADVANTAGE:
· Ten years of production and design experience in Foundry.
· Equipment gets the international certification: CE, ISO14001, ISO9001.
· All designs adopt 3D Design.
· OEM&ODM factory, High-quality after-sales service.
· The equipment is environmentally friendly, safe, and cost-effective.
· All adopt general parts, easy to buy and replace.
· Exported to more than 30 countries and regions in the world
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Company Profile

Qingdao Xiangmao Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd
Qingdao Xiangmao Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd is Located in Huangdao District, Qingdao, Qingdao Xiangmao Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a specialized manufacturer of sand casting equipment integrating R&D, design and production. With over 10,000 square meters of production facilities and a team of approximately 100 employees, we are backed by senior engineers with more than 10 years of industry experience, delivering fully customized casting solutions tailored to each customer's unique requirements. Production of resin sand casting production lines, clay sand reclamation complete sets of equipment; V-process casting production line, EPC (Lost Foam) modeling equipment; sand preparation and shot blasting machine ; core shelling machinery, core shooting machine, Jolt Squeeze Molding Machine, Full range of casting molding machinery. Holding ISO9001 certification, our product quality is widely recognized by customers worldwide. Our products have been exported to Russia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Indonesia, Brazil and beyond, earning global trust through reliable quality and professional service.
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FAQ
Q:How to choose cold core shooter or hot core shooter?
A:Hot box core shooter is most popular.Cores are more rigid and keep longer time exposed in open air. Cold box core shooter is a little cheaper.
Q:Can you customize foundry sand core shooting machine (sand core shooter) according to customer pattern?
A:Normally our standard type can meet most customer requirements. If necessary, we can customize foundry sand core shooting machine (sand core shooter) according to customer pattern.
Q:What is application of core shooting machine?
A:Core shooting machine is automatic equipment to make sands cores for green sand molds. It can save cost and labors and promote productivity.
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