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Method of and apparatus for casting an elongated metal product

US4763718A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 20, 1986
Grant dateAug 16, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2006

Classification

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

Abstract

Net shape or near net shape metal rod or wire 3 is rapidly solidified. Molten metal 7 is delivered to a semi-cylindrical casting channel 2 in a chill block 1 from a tundish 4 through a critically-designed metering system comprising a drain 6, an orifice formed of the casting channel 2 and a complementary volume control channel 5, and a barrier 8 which directs molten metal to the volume-control orifice.

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