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Casting wheel produced by centrifugal casting

US6668907B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Nuetzel · Großkrotzenburg, DE
Ewald Grote · Glauberg, DE
Giselher Herzer · Bruchköbel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2002
Grant date	Dec 30, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC22C45/00
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to novel casting wheels for the rapid solidification technique which are produced by centrifugal casting. The wheels are made of an alloy with a non-equiaxial granular structure, wherein the grains are elongated and their longitudinal axis lies substantially perpendicular to the casting-wheel surface.

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