A diecasting machine comprising a movable and a stationary die half which, when
closed, define a die cavity. The diecasting machine further comprises a filling
chamber for receiving liquid metal, plunger, a slidingly displaceable inside the
filling chamber and mounted on a plunger rod, for ejecting the liquid metal from
the filling chamber and for injecting it into the die cavity, and a device for
supplying lubricants for the plunger in the filling chamber. At least one pipe
or one nozzle having an opening directed towards the plunger is fastened on the
plunger rod. The pipe or the nozzle is linked with a reservoir for the lubricant
via a supply line. A water-based releasing agent is sprayed into the intermediate
space between the plunger rod and the cylindrical inner wall of the filling chamber
in the direction of the plunger during a period in which the plunger is at its
final lift position after the liquid metal has been injected into the die cavity.