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Apparatus for rapid tempering a metal or alloy on a moving belt

US4573520A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 14, 1983
Grant dateMar 4, 1986
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22D11/064
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for rapidly quenching a metal or alloy in the molten state by projecting a jet thereof from a crucible 7 onto a cooled belt 1 moving at high speed inside a vacuum chamber 3. The crucible is mounted outside of and above the chamber, with its curved bottom, provided with a casting orifice 14, resting on the rim 5' of an opening provided in the upper cover 6 of the chamber.

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