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Ultrasonic grain refining

  • US 10,022,786 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2017
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A molten metal processing device for a casting wheel on a casting mill, the casting wheel including a containment structure for receiving and casting molten metal and a band enclosing a portion of the containment structure in which the molten metal is cast, the band extending around a portion of a perimeter of the casting wheel, comprising:

  • an assembly mounted on an outer surface of the casting wheel band, including,at least one vibrational energy source which supplies vibrational energy to molten metal cast in the casting wheel, anda support device holding said at least one vibrational energy source,wherein the vibrational energy is supplied from the vibrational energy source to the molten metal cast through an intervening liquid medium in contact with the casting wheel band.

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