Sidewall containment of liquid metal with vertical alternating magnetic fields

Patent · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867624

Lari, Robert J ^[1]; Praeg, Walter F ^[2]; Turner, Larry R ^[3]; Battles, James E ^[4]; Hull, John R ^[5]; Rote, Donald M ^[6]

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1. Aurora, IL
2. Palos Park, IL
3. Naperville, IL
4. Oak Forest, IL
5. Hinsdale, IL
6. Lagrange, IL

An apparatus for containing molten metal using a magnet producing vertical alternating magnetic field positioned adjacent the area in which the molten metal is to be confined. This invention can be adapted particularly to the casting of metal between counter-rotating rollers with the vertical alternating magnetic field used to confine the molten metal at the edges of the rollers. Alternately, the vertical alternating magnetic field can be used as a flow regulator in casting molten metal from an opening in a channel.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Arch Development Corp. (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 4974661
• OSTI ID: 867624
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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