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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056611 | Process and apparatus for direct chill casting In one embodiment, an apparatus for direct chill casting of metal includes an open ended mold cavity formed by a casting surface with an upper end and a lower end, a refractory sleeve located at the upper end of the mold cavity being adapted to receive molten metal,... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7905271 | Apparatus for carrying cooling water away from the narrow sides of a slab The invention relates to an apparatus (100) for carrying cooling water away from the narrow sides (210) of a slab (200) passed essentially vertically through a secondary cooling device after casting in a continuous casting installation. In order... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7284593 | Method and device for evacuating drainage water in the inner arc of beam blank casting machines The invention relates to a method for collecting and evacuating run-off water from the inner arc of the strand guide (8) of a beam blank casting machine, according to which the cast strand (2) is solidified and the required dissipation of heat is achie... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273086 | Lubricant for improved surface quality of cast aluminum and method In a lubricant composition suitable for use in the manufacture of aluminum alloys comprising lubricant base selected from the group consisting of solid lubricants, liquid lubricants, grease lubricants, emulsion lubricants, and dispersion lubricants, the improvement ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7216693 | Strip temperature regulating device in a continuous metal strip casting plant A temperature regulation device for the strip (3) produced in a continuous casting plant with ingot mold (16) comprising a pair of cooled, parallel, counter-rotating rolls (2, 2′), closed by two plates at the axial ends of the rolls, includes ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204295 | Mold with a function ring The invention relates to a hot-top mold for a strand casting apparatus, consisting of a hot-top, which lies on the upper side of a parting agent distributor and presses it with its underside against the surface of a mold, an overhang being formed on the radially inn... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192484 | Advanced coating apparatus and method A coating apparatus for coating a rollable device including a device rotator having a pair of rollers and spray nozzle is described. The spray nozzle produces a spray of coating material that is directed towards a gap that is between the rollers of the pair. The maj... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159642 | Method and strand guide for supporting, guiding and cooling casting strands made of steel, especially preliminary sections for girders A method and strand guide for supporting, guiding and cooling casting strands (1) made of steel, especially preliminary sections (2) for girders, which are cooled by injected water (29) and are drawn, serve to prevent cracks, especially surface ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156152 | Process for the continuous production of a think steel strip A process for the continuous production of a thin steel strip, in which a steel melt from a melt reservoir is introduced onto one or more, in particular two, cooled shaping wall surfaces which move synchronously with a casting strip, in particular rotate in the form... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152662 | Method of preventing cracking in direct chill cast ingots A method of casting a metal ingot having the steps of delivering molten metal to a direct chill mold, forming a solidified shell of metal, applying a coolant to a surface of the shell as it emerges from the mold, and withdrawing a solidified ingot from the mold. The... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143809 | Equipment for continuous casting of metal, in particular aluminum Equipment for continuous, horizontal casting of metal, in particular aluminum. The horizontal casting equipment includes an insulated reservoir or pool (2), which is designed to contain liquid metal, and a releasably attached mold (3) that can be remov... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143810 | Equipment for continuous horizontal casting of metal Equipment for continuous, horizontal casting of metal, in particular aluminum. The equipment includes an insulated reservoir or pool (2), which is designed to contain liquid metal, and a mold (3), which can be removed from the pool (2). An insul... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143812 | Lubricant for improved surface quality of cast aluminum and method In a lubricant composition suitable for use in the manufacture of aluminum alloys comprising lubricant base selected from the group consisting of solid lubricants, liquid lubricants, grease lubricants, emulsion lubricants, and dispersion lubricants, the improvement ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111665 | Lubricant for improved surface quality of cast aluminum and method In a lubricant composition suitable for use in the manufacture of aluminum alloys comprising a lubricant base, the improvement wherein the lubricant composition further comprises: an effective amount of water, surfactant, and a high viscosity organic material having... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7059383 | Molten metal handling apparatus An integral molten metal casting device comprising: a crossfeeder having an interior surface defining a partial cylinder of a first diameter; a generally cylindrical thimble having an interior surface of a second smaller diameter; and back-up insulation; all formed ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040379 | Method and apparatus for the regulation of strip temperature in a continuous metallic strip casting plant A method, and the related implementation device, for the regulation of strip temperature in a continuous metallic strip casting plant, wherein such temperature regulation begins on the strip whilst under the casting equipment and at a certain distance from it, and t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011140 | Gas enhanced controlled cooling ingot mold A cooling mechanism for a casting apparatus having a mold that includes sides, a bottom, and a top defining a cavity. The cooling mechanism allows for simultaneous injection of liquid and gas onto a cast ingot therefore providing a lower minimum operation liquid flo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007739 | Direct chilled metal casting system A molten metal mold casting system with a cooling system which maintains an approximately equal coolant flow rate while altering flow characteristic of the coolant flow discharged toward the castpart to alter the cooling affects on the emerging castpart. The heat tr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004226 | Apparatus for continuous casting of metal strips Apparatus for continuous vertical casting of metal strips, comprising: a mould (10) having top and bottom ends an open-ended mould cavity (C), a tundish (11) having a discharge opening (11A) in direct communication with the mould cavity (C) to f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000676 | Controlled fluid flow mold and molten metal casting method for improved surface A DC casting mold for casting molten metal alloy comprising a cooled tubular body that has a thermally insulated insert attached to its top surface. The thermally insulated insert has a bottom portion with a beveled sidewall, which forms an angle with the horizontal... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6904953 | Cooling arrangement for the rolling stand of a continuous casting system A cooling arrangement for the rolling stand of a continuous casting system for heavy supports is provided with spraying nozzles which can be acted upon by cooling liquid and compressed air through supply pipes laid laterally in a longitudinal direction of the rollin... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6892794 | Method and device for continuous casting and subsequent forming of a steel billet, especially a billet in the form of an ingot or a preliminary section The secondary cooling and the strand support are matched to the cooling state of a continuously cast strand cross section. The secondary cooling and support are reduced in dependence upon the solidification profile of the cast strand along the distance traveled.... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6857464 | Adjustable casting mold An adjustable mold for direct chill casting of metals has longitudinally movable end walls which are clamped between the mold side walls during casting. Each end wall is secured to a sliding carriage which supports the end wall and allows it to be moved along the en... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6808009 | System for providing consistent flow through multiple permeable perimeter walls in a casting mold Disclosed is a system for providing consistent lubricant and/or gas flow through multiple permeable perimeter walls in a casting mold table. One or more of the properties of the perimeter walls indicative of the lubricant flow or gas flow rates through the perimeter... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6776359 | Spray nozzle configuration A method and system for spraying scale conditioning aqueous solutions onto opposite sides of a metal strip for scale conditioning is provided. The system includes a housing which defines a chamber through which the moving strip passes on the strip pass line. A nozzl... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6736202 | Chill tube for the continuous casting of metals A chill tube (1) for the continuous casting of metals has a double T-shaped cross section in beam blank format. Inner contour (3) defining the cross section of the cast billet is cooled by cooling water, which is guided through cooling channels (4 | 05/18/2004 |
| 6725904 | Control of heat flux in continuous metal casters A process of casting a molten metal to form a cast metal strip ingot while controlling heat flux from the cast metal. The process comprises continuously supplying molten metal to a casting cavity formed between a pair of moving continuous casting surfaces that withd... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6675870 | Direct chill casting mold system An embodiment includes a casting mold. The casting mold may include a mold body having a direction surface and a coolant box coupled to the mold body. The casting mold further may include a coolant ring having a regulation surface where the coolant ring m... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6659164 | Continuous casting plant for continuous casting of thin strip and method therefor In a continuous casting plant for the continuous casting of a thin strip (14), comprising a mold (8) provided with two casting rolls (6, 7), with a strip-like strand (14) being united from two half-shells (12) and exiting in a vertically downward directio... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6609557 | System for providing consistent flow through multiple permeable perimeter walls in a casting mold Disclosed is a system for providing consistent lubricant and/or gas flow through multiple permeable perimeter walls in a casting mold table. One or more of the properties of the perimeter walls indicative of the lubricant flow or gas flow rates through th... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6581674 | Method and device for homogenizing a molten metal film Disclosed is a method and apparatus for making a molten film of metal, steel, in particular a steel film, more uniform, by strip casting, in which the molten material which is applied to a revolving belt is to have a thickness and properties which are as ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6550528 | Hot-top type continuous casting machine for hollow billet Provided is a hot-top type continuous casting machine for stably producing hot metal hollow billets having a high quality, which comprises: (a) a molten metal holding part fed therein with molten metal; (b) a ring mold arranged being connected to the molten metal h... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546995 | Casting of molten metal in an open ended mold cavity When a body of startup material has been interposed in the cavity between the starter block and a first cross sectional plane of the cavity transverse the axis thereof, the starter block has commenced reciprocating along the axis, and the body of startup ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6533023 | Feeding strip material A pinch roll assembly that may be used for feeding hot metal strip comprises a pair of parallel pinch rolls. At least one of the rolls comprises a copper or copper alloy tube providing the external peripheral roll surface and internal water cooling passag... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6513574 | Water cooling system for continuous casting equipment Device in connection with a water-cooling system for direct chill semi-continuous casting equipment for casting metal, in particular casting aluminium ingots (14). The solution comprises one or more chills (9) arranged in a frame structure with an integra... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6491087 | Direct chill casting mold system An embodiment includes a casting mold. The casting mold may include a mold body having a direction surface and a coolant box coupled to the mold body. The casting mold further may include a coolant ring having a regulation surface where the coolant ring m... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6435263 | Agitated continuous casting process for aluminum alloy When a continuous casting is carried out while applying an electromagnetic agitating force to a molten metal of an aluminum alloy composition, the molten metal of the aluminum alloy composition has an Fe content in a range of 0.75% by weight ࣘFe | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427757 | Independently positioned graphite insert casting mold A molten metal casting annulus comprising an insert support and cooling frame and a multiplicity of graphite casting annulus insert components supported entirely without clamping on said insert support and cooling frame and a method manufacturing the same... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427752 | Casting systems and methods with auxiliary cooling onto a liquidus portion of a casting A casting system with auxiliary cooling onto a liquidus portion of the casting can produce a metal casting that comprises a fine-grain, homogeneous microstructure. The microstructure is essentially oxide- and sulfide-free, segregation defect free, and ess... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6419004 | Mold or wide cross section for the hot-top vertical continuous casting of metals A mold for hot-top vertical continuous casting of metals includes a feed head (8) made of a thermally insulating refractory material which surmounts a cooled copper crystallizer (9) and is internally aligned with a cooled copper element (14) of the cooled... | 07/16/2002 |
