Apparatus for efficient sidewall containment of molten metal with horizontal alternating magnetic fields utilizing a ferromagnetic dam

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:870818

Praeg, Walter F ^[1]

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1. Palos Park, IL

An 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 a ferromagnetic dam. The magnetic field and the ferromagnetic dam contain the molten metal from leaking out side portions of the open side 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 (Chicago, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 5601140
• Application Number: 08/381717
• OSTI ID: 870818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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