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Sidewall containment of liquid metal with horizontal alternating magnetic fields

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OSTI ID:869728
An apparatus for confining molten metal with a horizontal alternating magnetic field. In particular, this invention employs a magnet that can produce a horizontal alternating magnetic field to confine a molten metal at the edges of parallel horizontal rollers as a solid metal sheet is cast by counter-rotation of the rollers.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
Assignee:
ARCH Development Corporation (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
US 5385201
OSTI ID:
869728
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English