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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip Ronald King, Winsted, CT (US);
Richard Shaddinger Baum, Allentown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Minerals Technologies Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 9/02 ;
Abstract
A cored wire consisting of an inner calcium wire surrounded by an aluminum sheath forming a composite core which in turn is encased in a steel jacket. The cored wire is formed continuously by covering an extruded calcium wire with aluminum then inserting the aluminum covered calcium wire into a steel jacket in a roll forming process. Also disclosed is a method of reducing splashing when introducing calcium metal into a molten ferrous metal bath.