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Controlled-flow fiber casting

US4942918A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 26, 1988
Grant dateJul 24, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 26, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22D11/0651
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Continuous production of metal fiber is provided by delivering molten metal at low pressure to a multi-edged, rotating casting drum. The metal is delivered through a wide orifice in a tundish frontwall in close proximity to the casting edges. The flow to the orifice is controlled by means of a constrictive channel upstream of the orifice communicating with the source of molten metal.

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