Systems and methods for casting metallic materials

US11150021B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ATI PROPERTIES LLC · US

Inventors

• Travis R. Moxley · Kennewick, US
• Lanh G. Dinh · Richland, US
• Timothy F. Soran · Richland, US
• Edmund J. Haas · Benton City, US
• Douglas P. Austin · Benton City, US
• Matthew J. Arnold · Charlotte, US
• Eric Martin · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 19, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F27D11/12
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Certain embodiments of a melting and casting apparatus comprising includes a melting hearth; a refining hearth fluidly communicating with the melting hearth; a receiving receptacle fluidly communicating with the refining hearth, the receiving receptacle including a first outflow region defining a first molten material pathway, and a second outflow region defining a second molten material pathway; and at least one melting power source oriented to direct energy toward the receiving receptacle and regulate a direction of flow of molten material along the first molten material pathway and the second molten material pathway. Methods for casting a metallic material also are disclosed.