Apparatus for efficient sidewall containment of molten metal with horizontal alternating magnetic fields utilizing low reluctance rims

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:872521

Praeg, Walter F ^[1]

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1. Palos Park, IL

A method and apparatus for casting sheets of metal from molten metal. The apparatus includes a containment structure having an open side, a horizontal alternating magnetic field generating structure and rollers including low reluctance rim structures. The magnetic field and the rollers help contain the molten metal from leaking out of the containment structure.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: ARCH Development Corporation (Argonne, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 5954118
• OSTI ID: 872521
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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