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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2022
Southwire Company, Llc, Carrollton, GA (US);
Kevin Scott Gill, Carrollton, GA (US);
Michael Caleb Powell, Dallas, GA (US);
Victor Frederic Rundquist, Carrollton, GA (US);
Venkata Kiran Manchiraju, Villa Rica, GA (US);
Roland Earl Guffey, Cloverport, KY (US);
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC, Carrollton, GA (US);
Abstract
A molten metal conveyor having a receptor plate in contact with molten metal during transport of the molten metal. The receptor plate extends from an entrance where molten metal enters onto the receptor plate to an exit where molten metal exits the receptor plate. The molten metal conveyor has at least one vibrational energy source which supplies vibrational energy directly to the receptor plate in contact with molten metal. A corresponding method for forming a metal product includes providing molten metal onto a molten conveyor; cooling the molten metal by control of a cooling medium flowing through a cooling passage in the or attached to the conveyor; and coupling vibrational energy directly into a receptor plate in contact with the molten metal on the conveyor.