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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1988
Jeffrey N Peterson, Roswell, GA (US);
Robert T Frost, Berwyn, PA (US);
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Dense, homogeneous tubular metal products such as pipe is cast in long lengths continuously by introducing liquid metal into the lower portion of an annular-shaped casting vessel. The liquid metal is withdrawn in the presence of an outer elongated upwardly travelling alternating electromagnetic levitation field and a second inner electromagnetic levitation field for maintaining the tubular liquid metal column in a substantially weightless and pressureless contact condition while solidifying. The resulting solidified tubular metal product is withdrawn from the upper portion of the field, cooled and further processed to result in a desired and product/and has a homogeneous, fully dense, fine grain structure due to continuous eddy current stirring by the levitating electromagnetic fields and a ripply, shiny exterior surface.