Sidewall containment of liquid metal with vertical alternating magnetic fields
US4974661A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D27/02
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for containing molten metal using a magnet producing vertical alternating magnetic field positioned adjacent the area in which the molten metal is to be confined. This invention can be adapted particularly to the casting of metal between counter-rotating rollers with the vertical alternating magnetic field used to confine the molten metal at the edges of the rollers. Alternately, the vertical alternating magnetic field can be used as a flow regulator in casting molten metal from an opening in a channel.
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