Apparatus and method for producing a thin solidified alloy
US6026995A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D11/0611
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for producing thin solidified alloy pieces having a container 53 for accommodating an alloy melt 57, the container having an opening in an upper portion of the container, drive means 2 for titling the container for providing a flow of the alloy melt from the container, control means 4 for controlling the drive means, a cooling roll 55 for cooling and solidifying the alloy melt from the container into thin pieces, and flow stabilizing means 54 for guiding the alloy melt from the container onto the cooling roll in a substantially constant flow, wherein the control means includes memory means for storing tilting angular velocity commands for tilting the container, and commanding means for reading the tilting angular velocity commands in the memory means and for activating the drive means in accordance with the commands so read, wherein the tilting angular velocity commands in the memory means have been pre-set based on theoretical quantity of the alloy melt remaining in the container at each of a plurality of tilt angles selected so that the flow of the alloy melt from the container is substantially constant, and a method for producing thin solidified alloy pieces with th…
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