Ingot mould for quenching metals and ingots thus obtained
US7258155B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D7/005
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An ingot mold for metals which is intended for the production of an ingot through the cooling and solidification of a liquid metal mass. The mold includes a wall which defines a base and an inner surface having a part S, known as the cooling surface, which can discharge all or part of the heat energy released by the metal mass during the cooling and solidification thereof. The cooling surface S includes at least one flat surface element Si which forms all or part of the base (4) of the ingot mold. There is also at least one point C on a plane Pi which is tangential to each surface element Si, such that all of the segments of a straight line D connecting every point R of the cooling surface S to point C are only located inside the mold. Further, the total area of surface elements Si is at least equal to 10% of the surface S. The ingot mold can be used to accelerate the production of ingots.
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