Method and apparatus for directional solidification of integral

Details Method and apparatus for directional solidification of integral Method and apparatus for directional solidification of integral

1995-06-07

1996-10-29

Hail, III, Joseph J.

Metal founding

Process

Shaping liquid metal against a forming surface

164126, 1641221, B22D 2704

Patent

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055688330

ABSTRACT:
A method of casting a turbine wheel of a metal alloy, wherein there is generated a columnar grain structure parallel to the leading and trailing edges of the vanes, by directional solidification of the metal from the central aperture in the wheel outward to the vane tips. A form with cavity to receive therein the molten metal has a thin walled core in the center, with the core wall outer surface in place to provide one wall of the cavity. A heat transfer medium in fluid form is circulated through the core, thereby cooling the poured metal by heat transfer from the inner ends of the vanes outward to the tips.

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