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| 20080272157 | Sliding Nozzle Device and Pouring Device - A fixed plate ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080314938 | Continuous Casting Plant Having at Least one Multifunction Robot - In order to be able to carry out a multiplicity of continuosly recurring activities at a continuous casting plant having at least one multifunction robot for implementing a plurality of different process-controlled or automated interventions at the continuous casting plant, at least one working region at the continuous casting plant and at least one multifunction robot assigned to each working region. The multifunction robot is arranged on a pivotable arm at a rotary column fastened to the pouring platform of the continuous casting plant and the robot can be pivoted with the pivot arm between a retraction position and a working position. The robot is also movable with respect to its arm. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090014482 | Feeder Element for Metal Casting - The present invention discloses a feeder element for use in metal casting, said feeder element comprising: (i) a first end for mounting on a mould pattern; (ii) an opposite second end for receiving a feeder sleeve,—and (iii) a bore between—the first and second ends defined by a stepped sidewall; said feeder element being compressible in use whereby to reduce the distance between the first and second ends, wherein the stepped sidewall has a first sidewall region defining the second end of the element and a mounting surface ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090145934 | Immersion nozzle - Disclosed is an immersion nozzle, which comprises a vertically-extending pipe-shaped straight nozzle body | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090173757 | POURING NOZZLE - The invention relates to a pouring nozzle. Such pouring nozzle may be used for the transfer of a metal melt from one (upper) metallurgical vessel to a second (lower) metallurgical vessel, for example for the transfer of a steel melt from a ladle to a tundish. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090200343 | TUNDISH DRY VIBRATABLE FORM - A mold dimensioned to be positioned within a refractory-lined tundish. The mold has an upper wall and a side wall extending downwardly from the upper wall, the side wall having a shape generally conforming to the shape of the internal cavity of the tundish and having a lower end formed to rest on the refractory lining on the bottom wall of the refractory-lined tundish. The upper wall and side wall define an interior chamber. The side wall of the mold and the refractory lining on the sloping wall of the tundish form a gap therebetween. The gap extends around the mold, the mold being dimensioned such that the gap between the side wall of the mold and the refractory lining on the side wall of the tundish is wider at an upper portion of the internal cavity than at a lower portion of the cavity. A heating means extends through the upper wall of the mold for heating the interior chamber of the mold. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090242592 | IMMERSION NOZZLE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING - An immersion nozzle for continuous casting including a tubular body, the tubular body having at the upper end an inlet from which molten steel is introduced into a passage extending from the inlet downward inside the tubular body, the tubular body having a bottom and being depressed in cross section at least at a lower section, the lower section having two narrow sidewalls and two broad sidewalls, the narrow sidewalls having a pair of opposing first outlets communicating with the passage, the bottom having a pair of second outlets communicating with the passage. The lower section has ridges projecting into the passage respectively from the inner surfaces of the broad sidewalls between the pair of first outlets. The second outlets are arranged symmetrically about the axis of the tubular body such that the axes of the second outlets cross each other within the passage. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090261131 | Casting Nozzle - The invention relates to a nozzle for guiding molten metal flowing from a vessel into a mould. The nozzle comprises a conduit which is elongate along an axis which is orientated vertically during use. The nozzle has at least one upper inlet and towards its lower end two spaced apart baffles, the respective outer walls of the baffles partly defining two lower outlets and the respective inner walls of the baffles defining at least part of at least one outlet flow passage therebetween. Each baffle inner wall is at least partly concavely curved and arranged so that there is converging flow from said outlet flow passage or passages. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100084439 | MELT SUPPLY PIPE FOR ALUMINUM DIE CASTING - There is provided a melt supply pipe comprising a melt supply pipe body composed of an inner ceramic pipe and an outer steel pipe, the outer steel pipe having a Ni alloy layer formed over the inner circumferential surface, and TiC particles attached to the surface of the Ni alloy layer, wherein grooves are formed at both ends of the melt supply pipe body, each groove forming an annular space overlapping the boundary between the outer circumferential surface of the inner ceramic pipe and the inner circumferential surface of the outer steel pipe, and a fibrous sheet of an inorganic material is inserted into each of the annular grooves such that the sheet extends over the entire circumference of the groove. The melt supply pipe is strong to mechanical impact owing to the use of the steel pipe in combination with the ceramic pipe and can prevent intrusion of an aluminum melt despite the difference in thermal expansion between the steel pipe and the ceramic pipe. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100084440 | TENSOR ROD - The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for degassing, submerging, agitating and pumping molten metal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mechanical apparatus for moving or pumping molten metal such as aluminum, zinc or magnesium. Specifically, the present invention is related to a drive for such an apparatus in which a motor is positioned above a molten metal bath and rotates a vertical shaft. The lower end of the shaft drives an impeller or a rotor to impart motion to the molten metal. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100084441 | REFRACTORY MATERIAL FOR NOZZLE FOR USE IN CONTINUOUS CASTING, AND CONTINUOUS CASTING NOZZLE - In a insert-type continuous casting nozzle comprising a highly functional layer formed to have a high corrosion resistance, a high anti-attachment capability, etc., and provided to define an inner bore thereof, the present invention is directed to providing a refractory material (mortar) for an intermediate layer of the continuous casting nozzle, which has a property capable of fixing an inner bore-side layer to an outer periphery-side layer (a nozzle body) of the continuous casting nozzle, while preventing the occurrence of expansion splitting in the outer periphery-side layer due to a difference in thermal expansion between the inner bore-side and outer periphery-side layers, and a continuous casting nozzle using the refractory material for the intermediate layer. The refractory material for the intermediate layer contains a hollow refractory aggregate in an amount of 10 to 75 volume %, wherein a ratio of an average radius R of each particle of the aggregate to an average wall thickness t of the particle satisfies the following relation: R/t≧10. This refractory material is disposed between an inner bore-side layer ( | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100176163 | Nozzle brick with a seal - The invention relates to the sealing between the bottom nozzle brick ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100187266 | SUBMERGED NOZZLE - The invention relates to the iron and steel industry, more specifically, to continuous slab casting using a submerged nozzle. The inventive submerged nozzle comprises a bottom, lateral channels and a skirt which is secured to the lower part of the nozzle above the output lateral channels and is formed by two parallel flat surfaces which are gradually conjugated on the ends thereof by means of cylindrical surfaces. The nozzle is arranged in the center of the skirt and has two similar oppositely positioned lateral channels having a common longitudinal axis which forms together with the parallel flat surfaces of the skirt an acute angle ranging from 20 to 45°. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100200619 | SLIDING NOZZLE DEVICE AND PLATE USED FOR THE DEVICE - It is intended to develop a technique of pressing and fixing a plate by a uniform force to suppress the occurrence of a crack around a nozzle hole of the plate during use, and provide a sliding nozzle device capable of improving durability of the plate, and a plate for use in the sliding nozzle device. The sliding nozzle device comprises a plate ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100219212 | UPPER NOZZLE - The present invention is directed to creating a less-energy loss or smooth (constant) molten steel flow with a focus on a configuration of a bore of an upper nozzle, so as to provide an upper nozzle formed with a bore having a configuration capable of to suppress deposit formation. For this purpose, in an upper nozzle | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110017784 | MOLTEN METAL DISCHARGE NOZZLE - Provided is a molten metal discharge nozzle capable of suppressing turbulence in a molten metal stream passing through an inner bore thereof, with a simple structure. A cross-sectional shape of a wall surface of the inner bore, taken along an axis of the inner bore, comprises a part or an entirety of a curved line expressed by the following formula: log(r(z))=(1/n)×log((Hc+L)/(Hc+z))+log(r(L)) (1), where: 6≧n≧1.5; L is a length of the nozzle; Hc is a calculative hydrostatic head; and r(z) is a radius of the inner bore at a position located a distance z downward from an upper end of the nozzle, wherein, in a graph where the distance z is plotted with respect to a horizontal axis (X-axis) thereof, and a pressure of molten metal at a center of the inner bore in horizontal cross-section at a position located the distance z is plotted with respect to a vertical axis (Y-axis) thereof, an approximation formula of a line on the graph is established without simultaneously including two or more coefficients having opposite signs, and wherein, on an assumption that the line is derived from an approximation formula based on a linear regression, an absolute value of a correlation coefficient of the line is 0.95 or more. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110031284 | APPARATUS FOR FEEDING MOLTEN METAL TO A PLURALITY OF MOULDS - An apparatus for feeding molten metal to a plurality of moulds, the apparatus comprising a plurality of reservoirs for supplying molten metal to the plurality of moulds under gravity and at least one channel for supplying molten metal to the plurality of reservoirs through an entry port in each reservoir, each channel having an inlet through which molten metal may enter the channel and an opposing end wall, wherein at least one of the channels reduces in width from its inlet to its end wall. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110101041 | SLIDING NOZZLE DEVICE - A sliding nozzle device automatically performs a series of operations of loading and unloading pressure between plates and opening and closing a slide frame; maintaining the pressure without additional operations; and operates at full stroke during molten steel flow control. An auxiliary plate-exchanging mechanism includes slide axes moving in the same direction as a hydraulic cylinder operates, and an arm having a proximal end placed around the slide axis. The plate-exchanging mechanism is fixed on an upside frame. A first engagement pin mounted on the proximal end of the arm is inserted in a first engagement groove in a first engagement member engaging with the slide axis, and second engagement pins mounted on bearings are inserted in second engagement grooves in the slide axes. With movement of the slide axes the engagement pins respectively move in the engagement grooves, thereby rotating the slide axes and the arm. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110204103 | TUNDISH NOZZLE EXCHANGING DEVICE, AND TUNDISH NOZZLE FOR USE IN THE DEVICE - A tundish nozzle exchanging device and a tundish nozzle for use in the device, reducing a distance between holes of the tundish nozzles, juxtaposed at a bottom of a tundish, compared to the conventional model. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110233239 | DEVICE FOR EJECTING DROPLETS OF A FLUID HAVING A HIGH TEMPERATURE - In a jetting device for ejecting droplets of a relatively hot fluid, a fluid chamber body is made of a heat resistant material and an inner surface of the fluid chamber body, the inner surface defining a fluid chamber of the jetting device, is wettable by the fluid. This configuration provides that no additional force needs to be applied for forcing the fluid into an orifice, i.e. a narrow tube leading towards a nozzle. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110240688 | IMMERSION NOZZLE - It is intended to uniform and straighten a molten steel stream flowing out of a discharge port of an immersion nozzle, and thus suppress mold powder entrapment in the vicinity of the immersion nozzle. The immersion nozzle comprises a tubular-shaped straight nozzle body formed to extend in a vertical longitudinal direction and adapted to allow molten steel from a molten-steel inlet provided at an upper end thereof to pass downwardly therethrough, and a pair of discharge ports provided in a lower portion of the straight nozzle body in bilaterally symmetrical relation and adapted to discharge the molten steel from a lateral surface of the straight nozzle body in a lateral direction. An inner surface of each of the discharge ports has, at least in part or in its entirety, a shape defined by a curved line along which an inner bore of the discharge port in a longitudinal cross-section of the immersion nozzle passing through respective centers of the immersion nozzle and the discharge port is gradually reduced in diameter in a direction from a start position to an end of the discharge port, wherein the curved line is represented by a diameter in the longitudinal cross-section of the immersion nozzle. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110240689 | TUNDISH IMPACT PAD - An impact pad, for use in a T-shaped tundish, comprises a base having an impact surface and an outer side wall extending upwardly therefrom and defining an interior space having an upper opening for receiving a stream of molten metal, the interior space being divided into two regions by a separating wall provided with at least one passageway for the molten metal stream. The separating wall is at least three times higher than the outer side wall and is inclined with respect to the vertical. This impact pad increases the homogeneity of the molten steel cast from the different outlets of the T-shaped tundish and provides equal or relatively similar residence times of the molten steel discharged through the different outlets of the tundish. This impact pad also permits a fast transition of the steel quality at ladle change while retaining the advantages of conventional impact pads. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110259924 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DROP OF A LIQUID - A device for generating a drop of a primary liquid is described, including: a reservoir fillable with the primary liquid, a pressure generation device for generating a hydraulic pressure on the primary liquid, at least one inlet channel for introducing a secondary fluid, and a channel having a flow cross-section transverse to a main flow direction, wherein the flow cross-section includes a main region and at least one sub-region extending from the main region, designed such that the primary liquid can be held in the main region by capillary forces, and the secondary fluid can be held in the sub-region by capillary forces, wherein the reservoir is fluidically connected to a first end of the channel via an output opening, and the at least one inlet channel is also fluidically connected to the channel, and wherein the pressure generation device is implemented to apply a hydraulic pressure to the primary liquid, whereby the same is moved along the channel and output at a second end of the channel as free-flying drop. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110278331 | CASTING SHROUD, MANIPULATION DEVICE FOR THIS SHROUD, AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING A VALVE - A manipulation device for a shroud for casting liquid metal comprises holding means for the shroud, downstream of a metal flow control valve, this valve being able to assume an open configuration and a closed configuration under the action of drive means. The manipulation device comprises fixing means affixed to the drive means for the valve. A ladle shroud for the flow of liquid metal from a casting ladle to a metal tundish has a longitudinal axis and comprises a shroud gripping head at one end. The gripping head is fusiform. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110297707 | Anti-alumina-buildup refractories for casting nozzles - Disclosed is anti-alumina-buildup refractories for casting nozzles, which comprises a refractory aggregate including 20 mass % or more of CaO component, and 10 mass % or more of clinker particles each containing CaO as a mineral phase, on the basis of 100 mass % of the entire composition. At least a part of the surfaces of the CaO exposed from the surfaces of the corresponding clinker particles is formed with a CaCO | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110309115 | DIRECT SIDE POUR RISER SLEEVE - A direct side pour riser sleeve ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120043354 | POURING NOZZLE - The pouring nozzle comprises an elongated, tubular part ( | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120211531 | POURING NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY OF SUCH A POURING NOZZLE WITH AN INNER NOZZLE - A pouring nozzle includes a generally rectangular shaped plate and a tube extending from the bottom surface of the plate. The nozzle includes a pouring channel emerging close to the downstream end of the tube through outlets formed in the lateral walls of the tube. The outlets are disposed symmetrically on either side of the axis of the tube. The axis of the outlets is substantially parallel to a pair of sides of the plate. The orifice is oblong and has a major axis and a minor axis. The minor axis of the orifice is parallel to the axis of the outlets. The pouring nozzle may be assembled with an inner nozzle. This nozzle and its assembly with an inner nozzle may be used for the continuous casting of steel from a tundish towards a continuous casting mould. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120217271 | MOLTEN METAL DISCHARGE NOZZLE - Provided is a molten metal discharge nozzle which has a bore configuration capable of creating a low-energy loss and smooth (stabilized) molten metal flow to suppress the occurrence of an adhesion matter. In the molten metal discharge nozzle, a radius r(0) of an upper end ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120248157 | IMMERSION NOZZLE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING - The immersion nozzle for continuous casting, including a tubular body with a bottom, a pair of first outlets, and a pair of second outlets, wherein at least a lower section of the tubular body has a rectangular flat cross section; the two opposing first outlets are disposed in narrow sidewalls at the lower section; the pair of second outlets is disposed at the bottom; each of the first outlets is partitioned by a partitioning section formed at the first outlet into an upper outlet and a lower outlet; ridges formed between the partitioning sections respectively project into a passage from a wide inner wall of the passage; the pair of second outlets is disposed symmetrically to a central axis of the tubular body such that virtual faces extended from tilted faces of the second outlets intersect with each other in the passage. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120273530 | Casting Unit for a Diecasting Machine - A diecasting machine casting unit includes a casting chamber body having a casting chamber with a casting material inlet and outlet. A casting piston is movable forward in a longitudinal direction in the casting chamber to discharge casting material from the casting chamber under pressure via the outlet, and is movable back, whereby casting material is feedable into the casting chamber via the inlet. The casting piston extends through a through-passage of the casting chamber body from outside into the casting chamber. An area of free space of the casting chamber is formed between an outer lateral surface of the casting piston and an inner wall surface of the casting chamber body transversely relative to the casting piston longitudinal direction by an outer cross section of the casting piston being appropriately smaller than an inner cross section of the casting chamber body. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120273531 | ASSEMBLY OF A NOZZLE AND SURROUNDING ELEMENT - A tundish assembly, including an element, for preventing or limiting steel reoxidization in the continuous casting of molten steel, is used in combination with a refractory nozzle. The element has an orifice engaging the outer surface of the nozzle, a main surface surrounding the main orifice and having a lowest level lower than the top outer edge of the nozzle inlet portion, and a periphery having an upper face surrounding the man surface of the element. The upper face of the periphery of the element is higher than the main surface of the element and is higher than the surface of the bottom well of the tundish. The main orifice of the element is off-center with respect to the main surface and the upper face of the periphery may have various heights. The main surface of the element is arranged so as to contact molten steel in a tundish. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130008927 | INNER NOZZLE FOR TRANSFERRING MOLTEN METAL CONTAINED IN A METALLURGICAL VESSEL AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING MOLTEN METAL - An inner nozzle for casting molten metal from a metallurgical vessel incorporates a substantially tubular portion with an axial through bore, and an inner nozzle plate comprising a bottom flat contact surface and a second surface opposite the bottom contact surface and joining the wall of the tubular portion to the side edges of the plate. The inner nozzle incorporates a metallic casing cladding at least a portion of some or all of the side edges and second surface but not the sliding plane of the inner nozzle plate. The cladding is provided with a metallic bearing surface, facing towards and recessed with respect to the contact surface and extending from the cladded portion of the side edges beyond the perimeter of the contact surface. The bearing surface is defined by the ledges of at least two separate bearing elements distributed around the perimeter of the plate. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130020357 | Pre-Assembled Brick Well and Purging Block Assembly for Steel Ladle - Pre-assembled brick assemblies for refractory installations used in steel production. A purging block or well block can be pre-assembled out of fire brick to exactly fit an opening for a particular ladle, and hence can be supplied in different sizes and shapes, and a full refractory ladle bottom can be manufactured that can include a pre-assembled purging blocks and pre-assembled well blocks with dimensions from the old bottom, thus providing a near-perfect fit. The pre-assembled brick blocks and/or the entire pre-assembled bottom can be held together with a high-strength epoxy while being assembled and installed. Purging blocks or well blocks can be directly installed in a well in a pre-assembled brick bottom. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130056506 | INNER NOZZLE FOR TRANSFERRING MOLTEN METAL CONTAINED IN A VESSEL, SYSTEM FOR CLAMPING SAID NOZZLE AND CASTING DEVICE - An inner nozzle is capable of being mounted onto a tube exchange device for holding and replacing an exchangeable pouring nozzle for casting molten metal out of a vessel. The tube exchange device is constructed of a frame with a casting opening. The frame is configured to be fixed to the lower side of a metal casting vessel and has a first, upper portion and a second, lower portion, joining at a middle section plane defining the plane where an inner nozzle and an exchangeable pouring nozzle form a sliding contact. The upper side portion of the frame receives and clamps in place a bearing surface of an inner nozzle at its pouring position. The lower portion comprises elements for loading and moving along a first direction (X) into casting position an exchangeable pouring nozzle. At least two clamping elements are arranged transverse to the first direction (X). | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130087586 | TUNDISH NOZZLE EXCHANGING DEVICE, AND TUNDISH NOZZLE FOR USE IN THE DEVICE - A tundish nozzle is used in a device for exchanging tundish nozzles juxtaposed at a bottom of a tundish. The device includes a pair of first arms pressing and supporting a first lower nozzle located at an undersurface of a first upper nozzle, the first upper nozzle being placed at the bottom of the tundish. The device includes a pair of second arms pressing and supporting a second lower nozzle located at an undersurface of a second upper nozzle, the second upper nozzle being placed at the bottom of the tundish and next to the first upper nozzle. The pair of first arms and the pair of second arms are adjoined to each other, the pairs at least partly overlapping. The tundish nozzle includes a zirconia based nozzle inserted into an alumina based refractory, and is one of the first and second lower and upper nozzles. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130098952 | SUBMERGED ENTRY NOZZLE - A pour tube for casting molten metal is adapted to reduce turbulence and mold disturbances, thereby producing a more stable, uniform outflow. The pour tube includes a bore having a body in communication with an enlarged outlet portion. Exit ports in communication with the outlet portion have an offset design in which at least one wall of the exit port is tangent to a circle having a larger radius than the body of the bore. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130119094 | CASTING THIN STRIP AND DELIVERY NOZZLE THEREFOR - A method of casting metal strip and equipment therefor where an elongated metal delivery nozzle extending along in a continuous caster with at least one segment having a main portion adapted to deliver molten metal in the casting pool above the nip along the metal delivery nozzle and an end portion adjacent side dams having a reservoir portion with first and second passages adapted to deliver molten metal into a molten metal pool adjacent the side dams while shells are forming on the casting rolls. The first passages are adapted to deliver molten metal shallowly into the casting pool adjacent the side dams, and the second passages adapted to deliver molten metal deeper into the casting pool than the first passages adjacent the side dams to inhibit formation of skulls during the formation of the cast strip during a casting campaign. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130306685 | FEEDER ELEMENT - An elongate collapsible feeder element for use in metal casting and a feeder system with attached feeder element and feeder sleeve. The feeder element has an A end and an opposite B end measured along the height, and a C end and an opposite D end measured along the length. The A end is for mounting on a mold pattern or swing plate and the opposite B end is for receiving a feeder sleeve. A bore is between the A and B ends defined by a sidewall having a stepped collapsible portion. The feeder element is compressible in use to reduce the distance between the A and B ends. The bore is offset from the centre of the feeder element along the length towards the C end and a second sidewall region is non-planar, contiguous with a third sidewall region and located between the bore axis and the D end. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130306686 | Hot Runner Nozzle - Disclosed is a hot runner nozzle for injection molding tools, comprising a nozzle body having a passage channel for a melt. The nozzle body comprises a feed opening at a first end region and an outlet opening at a second end region. In addition to the passage channel and an optional guide channel for a closing needle, the nozzle body comprises at least one cavity. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140008399 | METAL TRANSFER DEVICE - A metal transfer device ( | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140042192 | CASTING NOZZLE - The invention relates to a nozzle for guiding molten metal flowing from a vessel into a mould. The nozzle comprises a conduit which is elongate along an axis which is orientated vertically during use. The nozzle has at least one upper inlet and towards its lower end two spaced apart baffles, the respective outer walls of the baffles partly defining two lower outlets and the respective inner walls of the baffles defining at least part of at least one outlet flow passage therebetween. Each baffle inner wall is at least partly concavely curved and arranged so that there is converging flow from said outlet flow passage or passages. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140084030 | Nozzle for Horizontal Continuous Caster - A horizontal continuous caster includes a tundish supporting a quantity of molten metal together with a cooled mold and conventional casting movement apparatus. The interface between the cooled mold and the tundish is provided by an improved tundish nozzle having a fabrication which locates the contact area between the nozzle and the cooled mold surfaces to the nozzle periphery thereby locating heat transfer between the mold and the molten metal within the tundish nozzle at the outer portion of the nozzle. The nozzle structure creates peripheral contact area and insulative air spaces between the nozzle and mold surfaces. The improved insulative properties of the nozzle construction in turn facilitates the use of higher strength, longer wear materials for the tundish nozzle. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140103079 | NOZZLE FOR GUIDING A METAL MELT - The present invention relates to a nozzle for guiding a metal melt from a first to a second means, in particular it relates to a submerged entry nozzle for guiding a stream of a metal melt (steel melt) from a metallurgical melting vessel (like a tundish) into a mould (like an ingot), both of which may also be called “reservoir”. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140326761 | REFRACTORY POURING DEVICE - The invention relates to a refractory pouring device. Such a device is used for teeming of molten metal, in particular in a so-called continuous casting process. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140339271 | DOUBLE ENTRY CHANNEL LADLE BOTTOM - A metallurgical ladle, and more particularly the bottom of the ladle or a ladle block in the bottom of the ladle, have an outlet through which the molten metal can drain. The ladle bottom contains an open-end channel bounded by at least one wall with a major dimension perpendicular to a line joining the center of the outlet entrance to the center of the wall. In selected configurations, opposing faces of the walls bounding the open-end channel are convex in the horizontal plane and concave in the horizontal plane, respectively. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150328683 | MOLTEN METAL TRANSFER SYSTEM AND ROTOR - The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150343522 | SUBMERGED ENTRY NOZZLE - A pour tube for casting molten metal is adapted to reduce turbulence and mold disturbances, thereby producing a more stable, uniform outflow. The pour tube has a central longitudinal axis and includes a bore in communication with a port distributor having a greater radius with respect to the longitudinal axis than does the bore. Exit ports provide fluid communication between the port distributor and the exterior of the device. Each of a pair of larger exit ports has a larger cross-sectional area than does either of a pair of smaller exit ports. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150352636 | Submerged Entry Nozzle - An exemplary embodiment relates to a submerged entry nozzle (SEN) for use in metallurgy, in particular for transporting a metal melt from a first metallurgical unit to a second metallurgical unit, for example during slab production in continuous casting of ferrous and non-ferrous melts. The SEN is called nozzle hereinafter. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160031008 | LADLE BOTTOM AND LADLE - The invention relates to a ladle bottom being part of a metallurgical ladle for treating a metal melt as well as a corresponding metallurgical ladle. | 02-04-2016 |
