Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sequential casting of metals having the same or similar co-efficients of contraction
- Patent Title (中): 具有相同或相似收缩系数的金属的连续铸造
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Application No.: US12220954Application Date: 2008-07-29
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Publication No.: US07882887B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Robert Bruce Wagstaff , Todd F. Bischoff
- Applicant: Robert Bruce Wagstaff , Todd F. Bischoff
- Applicant Address: CA Toronto
- Assignee: Novelis Inc.
- Current Assignee: Novelis Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Toronto
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Main IPC: B22D11/00
- IPC: B22D11/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for casting metals in a DC mold to form an ingot or product having at least two layers formed by sequential solidification. The apparatus has at least one cooled divider wall at the entry end portion of the mold to divide the entry end portion into at least two feed chambers. Metal is fed to the chambers to form an inner layer and at least one outer layer. The divider wall has a metal-contacting surface for contacting the metal for the at least one outer layer, the surface being arranged at an angle sloping away from the metal for the outer layer in a downward direction. The angle is larger at the center of the divider wall compared to the angle adjacent to each longitudinal end thereof. The apparatus is suitable for co-casting metals having similar coefficients of contraction to minimize problems of adhesion between the layers of a resulting ingot or rolled products produced therefrom.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090056904A1 Sequential casting of metals having the same or similar co-efficients of contraction Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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