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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2021
Safran, Paris, FR;
Pierre Jean Sallot, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Safran, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A casting ring having a first section made of a heat-conductive material and a second section made of a MAX phase alloy material, and a method for obtaining a product made of titanium alloy or a titanium-aluminum intermetallic compound by plasma torch melting, the alloy having an oriented structure, the method including heating the molten alloy surface in the casting ring with a plasma torch; cooling a cold zone of the casting ring over a length L, the cooling forming a semi-solid crown of alloy; heating a hot zone of the casting ring over a length L, thereby forming a solidification front, the flatness of which relative to a plane perpendicular to a drawing direction is less than 10°; and drawing the solidified alloy at a speed of more than 10m/s in the drawing direction.