Casting apparatus
First Claim
1. An integral molten metal casting insert comprising:
- A) a cylindrical cross feeder having an interior surface of a first diameter;
B) a cylindrical thimble having an interior surface of a second diameter; and
C) integral backup insulation all formed as a single monolithic structure with said cross feeder interior surface and said thimble interior surface comprising a continuous, joint free and uninterrupted cylindrical insert surface peripherally surrounded by said integral back-up insulation.
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Abstract
A metal distribution system for the simultaneous production of a plurality of logs or round billets from molten metal comprising: 1) a trough for the introduction of molten metal; 2) a plurality of side streams extending from the trough and each of the side streams including a plurality of opposing apertures each of the apertures including a thimble for the shaping of molten metal passing through the trough and the side streams and into the thimbles. A uniform flow of molten metal into the side streams and the individual apertures is provided by the controlled negative angular orientation of the most upstream opposing pair of apertures thereby providing relative uniformity of the temperature of molten metal reaching each of the plurality of apertures. A unique unitized thimble configuration and trough damming arrangement are also described.
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19 Claims
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1. An integral molten metal casting insert comprising:
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A) a cylindrical cross feeder having an interior surface of a first diameter;
B) a cylindrical thimble having an interior surface of a second diameter; and
C) integral backup insulation all formed as a single monolithic structure with said cross feeder interior surface and said thimble interior surface comprising a continuous, joint free and uninterrupted cylindrical insert surface peripherally surrounded by said integral back-up insulation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Metal distribution system for casting molten metal comprising:
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A) a primary trough B) plurality of secondary troughs flowably connected to said primary trough, each of said secondary troughs having an upstream end abutting said primary trough and a downstream end remote from said primary trough;
C) a plurality of opposing pairs of apertures arranged along said secondary troughs into which metal entering said secondary troughs pours for the casting of molten metal into solid metal, that opposing pair of said apertures closest to said primary trough being designated as the first opposing pair; and
D) entry angles at each of said apertures of said first opposing pair;
said entry angles being negative angles such that metal entering said secondary troughs flows first to apertures located downstream of said first opposing pair and only initiates filling of said first opposing pair once filling of apertures downstream thereof have commenced filling. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A metal distribution system for casting molten metal comprising:
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A) a primary trough;
B) a plurality of secondary troughs flowably connected to said primary trough, each of said secondary troughs having an upstream end abutting said primary trough and a downstream end remote from said primary trough;
C) a plurality of opposing pairs of apertures arranged along said secondary troughs into which metal entering said secondary troughs pours through for casting of molten metal into solid metal;
D) entry angles at each point where each of said apertures joins said secondary troughs; and
E) in each of said apertures, an integral molten metal casting insert comprising;
I) a cylindrical crossfeeder having an interior surface of a first diameter;
II) a cylindrical thimble having an interior surface of a second diameter; and
III) integral back-up insulation;
all formed as a single monolithic structure with said crossfeeder interior surface and said thimble interior surface comprising a continuous, joint free and uninterrupted cylindrical insert surface peripherally surrounded by said integral back-up insulation;
said entry angles being negative angles such that metal entering said secondary troughs flows first into apertures located at said downstream ends of said secondary troughs thereby causing said secondary troughs to till with molten metal from the downstream ends to the upstream ends. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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