Thin sheet casting with electromagnetic pressurization

Patent · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:875263

Walk, Steven R. ^[1]; Slepian, R. Michael ^[2]; Nathenson, Richard D. ^[2]; Williams, Robert S. ^[3]

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1. Winterport, ME
2. Pittsburgh, PA
3. Fairfield, OH

An apparatus, method and system for the casting of thin strips or strips of metal upon a moving chill block that includes an electromagnet located so that molten metal poured from a reservoir onto the chill block passes into the magnetic field produced by the electromagnet. The electromagnet produces a force on the molten metal on said chill block in the direction toward said chill block in order to enhance thermal contact between the molten metal and the chill block.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-83ID12443
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): H000892
• Application Number: 07/420439
• OSTI ID: 875263
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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