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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brian Michael Ellis, Mayfield, NY (US);
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas Joseph Kelly, S. Lebanon, OH (US);
Mohamed Rahmane, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stephen Francis Rutkowski, Duanesburg, NY (US);
Michael James Weimer, Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph Carl Wukusick, Loveland, OH (US);
Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Brian Michael Ellis, Mayfield, NY (US);
Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas Joseph Kelly, S. Lebanon, OH (US);
Mohamed Rahmane, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stephen Francis Rutkowski, Duanesburg, NY (US);
Michael James Weimer, Loveland, OH (US);
Joseph Carl Wukusick, Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Crucibles for melting titanium alloys having a facecoat including at least one facecoat layer containing an oxide selected from scandium oxide, yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, a lanthanide series oxide, and combinations thereof, and a backing including at least one backing layer where the crucible has a backing to facecoat thickness ratio of from about 6.5:1 to about 20:1.