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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2004
Oleg S. Fishman, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Joseph T. Belsh, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Bernard M. Raffner, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Prabhu N. Satyen, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Oleg S. Fishman, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Joseph T. Belsh, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Bernard M. Raffner, Maple Glen, PA (US);
Prabhu N. Satyen, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Inductotherm Corp., Rancocas, NJ (US);
Abstract
A molten material can be heated, melted and directly solidified in a single vessel. Induction heating and melting of the molten material is achieved by magnetically coupling the field produced by current flow in a plurality of induction coils surrounding the vessel with either the molten material in the vessel, or a susceptor surrounding molten material in the vessel. Current flow is selectively removed from the plurality of induction coils, and a cooling medium surrounding the vessel, such as water flowing through hollow induction coils, solidifies the molten metal into a highly purified crystalline solid.