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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047265 | Electromagnetic stirrer coil The present invention provides a previously unattainable compact and high thrust electromagnetic stirrer coil, that is, an electromagnetic stirrer coil for stirring molten steel in a mold by electromagnetic force, in which electromagnetic stirrer coil a space factor... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7320356 | Electromagnetic brake A device for braking a flow of molten metal (5) in a device for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metals in a mould (2) which is provided with opposite broad sides (4) and opposite short sides (3), said device comprising at least o... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7237597 | Method and device for continuous casting of metals in a mold A device for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metals, comprising a casting mold (1) which is open in both ends in the casting direction, means (2) for supplying melt to the mold (1), a first electromagnetic induction coil (4) ener... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7086449 | Device for continuously casting metals, especially steel An apparatus for the continuous casting of metals, especially of steel, is equipped with a base frame (2) carrying a continuous casting mold (1) and an oscillating device (3) disposed on the base frame (2) and with a foot roller frame ( | 08/08/2006 |
| 7000677 | Electromagnetic braking device for the ingot in a continuous casting unit The invention relates to an electromagnetic braking device for the steel melt running within the continuous casting ingot in a continuous casting unit. The electromagnetic brake device comprises at least one coil (3) with a ferromagnetic core (5), arra... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6932938 | Method and apparatus for containing and ejecting a thixotropic metal slurry A container system including a vessel for holding a thixotropic semi-solid aluminum alloy slurry during its processing as a billet and an ejection system for cleanly discharging the processed thixotropic semi-solid aluminum billet. The crucible is preferably formed ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6905558 | Billet by continuous casting and manufacturing method for the same A billet produced by continuous casting having little central segregation, in particular a billet of high carbon steel produced by continuous casting, and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. In the continuous casting billet, the size of the dendritic equia... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6843305 | Method and device for controlling stirring in a strand A method of controlling the flow of molten metal in non-solidified portions of a strand (3) during continuous casting, and a device for application of the method. The device comprises a two-phase or plural-phase stirrer (1) arranged around a mould (... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840303 | Process for continuously casting light alloy and apparatus for continuously casting light alloy An ingot I made of a light alloy is produced using a continuous casting apparatus including a cylindrical water-cooled casting mold which is disposed immediately below a spout having an upward-turned molten metal receiving port and a downward-turned molten metal out... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6712124 | Method and apparatus for continuous casting of metals During continuous casting of metals, a non-moving, vibrating magnetic field is applied to a molten metal in a casting mold to impose only vibration on the molten metal. This continuous casting method can produce a cast slab much less susceptible to flux entrainment,... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6637927 | Method and apparatus for magnetically stirring a thixotropic metal slurry A method and apparatus for stirring a molten thixotropic aluminum alloy comprising a first solid particulate phase suspended in a second liquid phase so as to maintain its thixotropic character by degenerating forming dendritic particles into spheroidal p... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6450241 | Method for continuous casting and device for carrying out the method A method and a device for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metal, where hot melt is supplied to a cooled continuous casting mold and the melt is cooled and formed to a at least partly solidified strand as it passes through the mold. An inductive c... | 09/17/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6402367 | Method and apparatus for magnetically stirring a thixotropic metal slurry A method and apparatus for stirring a molten thixotropic aluminum alloy comprising a first solid particulate phase suspended in a second liquid phase so as to maintain its thixotropic character by degenerating forming dendritic particles into spheroidal p... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397925 | Agitated continuous casting apparatus An agitated continuous casting apparatus includes a spout having an upward-turned molten metal receiving port and a downward-turned molten metal outlet, a cylindrical water-cooled casting mold disposed immediately below the spout, and an agitator for appl... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6315029 | Continuous casting method, and device therefor A continuous casting method, and a device for use in the casting method, are disclosed. The flow state of the discharged molten metal is properly controlled, and thus, the amounts of residual non-metallic inclusions and gas bubbles within the molten metal... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6021842 | Electromagnetic device for use with a continuous-casting mould A stationary continuous casting mold, especially for casting steel, with an electromagnetic device having a plurality of stirrer elements which are arranged in pairs on the outer wall of the continuous casting mold at a distance from one another and are c... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6003590 | Continuous casting method and relative device Device for the continuous casting of billets, blooms, slabs and round bars, the device being associated with a crystalliser (10) containing the cast metal, the crystalliser (10) having sidewalls (11) which cooperate with cooling channels (16-24) defined b... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5988261 | Continuous casting method and relative crystalliser for continuous casting Crystalliser for the continuous casting of billets, blooms, slabs and round bars, whether the crystalliser be of the plate type or substantially tubular, having cooled sidewalls (11) which include, in at least one longitudinal area, at least one perimeter... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5901779 | Continuous casting mold with a stirrer incorporating a magnetic circuit A continuous-casting mold has walls resting on an oscillating lifting platform and is provided with a stirrer which incorporates a magnetic circuit. The stirrer has a yoke which at least partially surrounds the walls of the mold and which has at least two... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5836376 | Method and apparatus for giving vibration to molten metal in twin roll continuous casting machine To give vibration to molten metal in a melt pool to enhance solidification efficiency of the molten metal. Substantially directly above meniscus 14 between molten metal 5 in a melt pool 4 and each of rolls, an AC electromagnet 15 is arranged over the enti... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5746268 | Continuous casting method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for continuously casting a metal slab made of steel are provided for uniformly circulating molten metal on a meniscus in a mold. The cast metal slab has no surface defect such as a slitting. On the meniscus, the method and appara... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743324 | Disconnectable electrical connection system for a moving assembly A downstream connection block (GB) constituted by connector halves (FB1) is electrically connected in permanent manner to a moving assembly (EB). An upstream connection block (GA) is electrically connected in permanent manner to a stationary power supply ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727615 | Mold arragement A mold arrangement for the production of endless castings of metal, particularly slabs of steel, having copper plates for the wide sides of the mold which rest on coolable support plates, and narrow sides which can be clamped between the wide sides. Addit... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5699850 | Method and apparatus for control of stirring in continuous casting of metals An induction stirring method wherein molten metal is electromagnetically stirred during continuous casting in a mold includes control of velocity of the stirring motion at the meniscus and the region adjacent to it, either to decrease or enhance the stirr... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5585067 | Aluminum alloys containing very finely dispersed bismuth, cadmium, indium and/or lead and a process for obtaining them An aluminum alloy containing at least one alloying metal selected from the group consisting of bismuth, cadmium, indium and lead in a quantity greater than the maximum solubility of the metal in solid aluminum. More than 80% by weight of the alloying meta... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5494095 | Apparatus for continuous casting of molten steel A non-magnetic material having a relatively high electrical resistance, such as austenitic stainless steel, is used for the material of construction of the mold utilized in a conventional continuous casting apparatus, or in a rheocasting apparatus or in a... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5379828 | Apparatus and method for continuous casting of molten steel A non-magnetic material having a relatively high electrical resistance, such as austenitic stainless steel, is used for the material of construction of the mold utilized in a conventional continuous casting apparatus, or in a rheocasting apparatus or in a... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5333672 | Method and device for producing homogeneous alloys There is provided a device and a method for continuous casting of a homogeneous alloy consisting of immiscible metals. The device includes a crystallizer, fillable with a melt prepared from the metals, a homogenizer, a crystallizer, a feeder for passing a... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5332024 | Multipurpose mold Multipurpose mould (10) which cooperates with a discharge roller conveyor (13) having a first removable segment (14) and which can cooperate with an electromagnetic stirrer (21) and also can form part of a plurality of casting lines. The mould (10) includ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5279351 | Electromagnetic stirring process for continuous casting An electromagnetic stirring process for continuous casting is presented. According to the present invention, coils of inductors are supplied with a multiphase current so as to create in a molten metal at least one primary rotational movement zone which is... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5273103 | Vertical thin-bodies continuous casting machines In vertical thin-bodies continuous casting machines in which the liquid metal is cast in a mold formed by a pair of counter-rotating rolls with parallel longitudinal axes lying in the same horizontal plane and by a pair of containment plates facing onto t... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5219018 | Method of producing thixotropic metallic products by continuous casting, with polyphase current electromagnetic agitation The invention relates to a continuous casting method for producing thixotropic metallic alloys containing degenerated dendrites. It consists of casting the liquid metal in a movable occluded mould consisting of a hot upstream zone produced from insulating... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5197535 | Liquid metal stirring during casting Twin-roll casting of molten metal to form a continuous cast metal strand is improved by electromagnetic stirring of molten metal immediately upstream of the nip between the rolls to provide a substantially homogenized melt of substantially uniform tempera... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5178204 | Method and apparatus for rheocasting A method and apparatus for rheocasting (slurry casting) molten metal employ a stirring chamber located upstream of a casting mold. Electromagnetic stirring is employed in both the stirring chamber and the casting mold. Structure is provided for minimizing... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5095969 | Electromagnetic agitating method in mold of continuous casting of slab An electromagnetic agitating method in a casting mold for the continuous casting of a slab in which electromagnetic agitating devices for generating a thrust force in the slab drawing direction are arranged at at least an inner wide surface of both inner ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5088547 | Electromagnetic stirrer for continuous casting An electromagnetic stirrer for stirring the molten core of a continuously cast strand has a casing. The casing accommodates a body of oil as well as electromagnetic stirring coils which have respective magnet cores and are immersed in the oil. A system of... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5085265 | Method for continuous casting of molten steel and apparatus therefor An apparatus for continuous casting of molten steel comprises a continuous casting mold; an electromagnetic stirring coil, which rotates and fluidizes molten steel inside the mold and which is installed outside the mold; and a screen of ferromagnetic subs... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5033534 | Method for continuous casting of steel A method for continuous casting of steel comprises charging molten steel from a tundish into a mold through exit ports of an immersion nozzle, introducing a magnetic field vertically to a flow of the molten steel from the exit ports by the use of at least... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5027884 | Process and device for producing thin metal products by continuous casting A process and apparatus for producing thin metal products by continuous casting. The apparatus comprises an ingot mold (2) and squeezing rolls (6, 6') intended to cause, by reduction of the thickness of product, closing of the solidification pool. The sep... | 07/02/1991 |
