Metal founding – Process – Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface
Reexamination Certificate
2008-08-26
2010-10-19
Kerns, Kevin P (Department: 1793)
Metal founding
Process
Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface
C164S428000, C164S437000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07814961
ABSTRACT:
A casting nozzle for supplying a molten alloy liquid of aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy to a movable mold for continuous casting from a tundish, in which the molten alloy liquid is stored. The casting nozzle is fixed to the tundish. The casting nozzle tip arranged on the movable mold side is made of a highly heat-conductive material having a heat conductivity of 0.2 W/mK or more, and a highly elastic material having an elastic modulus of 5000 MPa or more, etc. By making the tip of the casting nozzle with a material having superior thermal conductivity, the irregularity in solidification of the molten alloy liquid is decreased and thereby the surface quality of a cast alloy is improved. The nozzle tip is formed with a material having high elasticity and superior elastic deformability, whereby the interstice between the movable mold and the tip of outer peripheral edge of the nozzle is narrowed, and accordingly a cast alloy having superior surface quality can be obtained.
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Ikeda Toshiya
Kobayashi Mitsuyuki
Nakai Yoshihiro
Numano Masatada
Kerns Kevin P
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
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