Arc melting and tilt casting apparatus
US9555472B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27D11/08
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An arc melting and tilt casting apparatus having a casing provided with a vacuum chamber for housing a hearth having a melting trough and pouring means, arc-melting electrode means passing through the casing in the chamber, a mold having a melt receiving orifice, vacuum generating means, sealing means for maintaining the vacuum in the chamber and tilting means for tilting the apparatus to cause the melt to flow from the melting trough via the pouring means in the mold through the mold orifice. The hearth and mold are connected together and moveable as a single unit in the vacuum chamber and out from the chamber.
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