Casting light metals
US4651804A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 3, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D11/225
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for vertical, semi-continuous direct chill casting of light metal fabricating ingots of particularly, though not exclusively, lithium containing aluminium and magnesium alloys, through an open mould into a pit, comprising commencing the casting without a pool of water within the pit, supplying cooling water to the emergent ingot at a predetermined rate and continuously removing water from the pit as casting continues at a rate sufficient to ensure that no build up of a pool of water in the pit occurs, whereby the risk of violent and damaging explosion is further reduced.
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