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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilhelm F Lauener, Gerlafingen/SO, CH;
Assignee:
Larex A.G., Solothurn, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164488 ; 164437 ; 222606 ;
Abstract
A tundish including a baffle for directing the flow of molten metal through the tundish. The caster of the invention includes a mold having a center portion and an outside edge portion for solidifying molten metal into a metal product. The caster includes a tundish having a baffle for directing the flow of the molten metal into the mold so that the molten metal solidifies in the central portion before solidifying in the outside edge portion. This way, cracking of the metal product which is solidified in the mold is resisted. An associated method of casting molten metal into a metal product in a mold of a caster is also provided.