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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Shenyan Huang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Christopher Raymond Hanslits, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Greenville, SC (US);
Jared Micheal Iverson, Tremonton, UT (US);
Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Greenville, SC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a directionally-solidified casting component using a casting system is provided. The casting system includes a chamber having a heating zone and a cooling zone separated by a baffle plate. The method includes pouring an alloy in a liquid state into a mold shell. The mold shell is positioned on a chill plate within the heating zone. The method further includes moving the mold shell from the heating zone into the cooling zone. The alloy transfers from the liquid state to a solid state within the mold shell while moving the mold shell from the heating zone to the cooling zone. The method further includes contacting the mold shell with a heat transfer member.