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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
William L. Johnson, Pasadena, CA (US);
Choongnyun Kim, Northridge, CA (US);
Atakan Peker, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
William L. Johnson, Pasadena, CA (US);
Choongnyun Kim, Northridge, CA (US);
Atakan Peker, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Liquidmetal Technologies, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
A process and apparatus for thermoplastic casting of a suitable glass forming alloy is provided. The method and apparatus comprising thermoplastically casting the alloy in either a continuous or batch process by maintaining the alloy at a temperature in a thermoplastic zone, which is below a temperature, T, (where, the resistance to crystallization is minimum) and above the glass transition temperature, Tg, during the shaping or moulding step, followed by a quenching step where the item is cooled to the ambient temperature. A product formed according to the thermoplastic casting process is also provided.