Watering clock

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Casting clock on the cylinder head of a car ( VW Golf GTI 1.6l )
Watering clock in the case of a laptop. The marked values ​​are: 94 11 2 4 , which can be read as the date “11/24 [19] 94”

The casting clock is a frequently used means in metal and plastic foundry technology to visibly affix the date of manufacture and other information on workpieces . For this purpose, a surface structure similar to a clock is created on the workpiece by a marking system in an opening in the casting mold . With suitable positioning, this is easily visible later on the installed workpiece.

Traditionally, a whole series of castings is given the same marking; However, newer variants of the process also allow each individual item to be marked individually.

For example, the actual production time of a car can often be estimated using matching casting clocks on built-in plastic parts such as fuse cover caps or glove box covers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knut Meissner, Burckhardt König: The new casting clock - fully flexible marking system for cast parts . In: Foundry . tape 98 , no. 3 . Giesserei-Verlag, Düsseldorf June 2011, p. 108–113 ( Institute for Automation and Informatics GmbH, Werningerode [PDF; accessed on July 27, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Between year of construction and first registration . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . July 2, 2016, p.  Car & Mobile 01 .

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