Methods and apparatus for filling the pressure chamber of a horizontal die casting machine with metal and alloys

Method for filling a pressure chamber (1) with a metal alloy (2) which is displaced from this with a piston (3) into a directly adjoining mold cavity and is held there during solidification by the piston under high pressure, characterized in that that the metal alloy is brought into a charging chamber (4), the charging chamber (4) over a first metal-free flow area (5) directly to the pressure chamber (1), Pressure chamber (1) and charging chamber (4) together about the longitudinal axis (6) of the pressure chamber (1) are rotated so that the necessary amount of metal for a casting from the charging chamber into the pressure chamber (1) is conveyed.