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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Paul Alexander DE Vries, GM Heemstede, NL;
Huibrecht Adriaan Wouters, MB Leiden, NL;
Paul Alexander De Vries, GM Heemstede, NL;
Huibrecht Adriaan Wouters, MB Leiden, NL;
Aleris Switzerland GmbH c/o K+P Treuhangesellschaft, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for fractional crystallization of an at most partially solidified molten metal, in which a layer of at most partially solidified molten metal having an upper surface and a lower surface is divided into a series of compartments communicating with each other, in which the metal is stirred in at least some of the compartments, and in which crystals formed and/or existing in the layer of metal are selectively transported in a predetermined direction and molten metal is selectively transported in the opposite direction.
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