Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-layer susceptor design for magnetic flux shielding in directional solidification furnaces
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Application No.: US16913813Application Date: 2020-06-26
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Publication No.: US10907269B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Joseph V. Mantese , Ryan C. Breneman , Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi , Andrew Boyne , John Joseph Marcin , Dustin W. Davis , David Ulrich Furrer , James Tilsley Auxier
- Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: B22D27/02
- IPC: B22D27/02 ; B22D27/04 ; F27B14/14 ; C30B11/00 ; H05B6/28 ; H05B6/36 ; H05B6/10 ; F27B14/06 ; F27D11/06

Abstract:
An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a layered susceptor comprising at least two layers of magnetic field attenuating material surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold to nullify the electromagnetic field in the hot zone of the furnace chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200332435A1 MULTI-LAYER SUSCEPTOR DESIGN FOR MAGNETIC FLUX SHIELDING IN DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION FURNACES Public/Granted day:2020-10-22
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