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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Aleris Rolled Products Germany Gmbh, Koblenz, DE;
Fred Brandt, Neuwied, DE;
Philippe Meyer, Koblenz, DE;
ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS GERMANY GMBH, Koblenz, DE;
Abstract
A method of producing molten aluminum-lithium alloys for casting a feedstock in the form of an ingot, the method including the steps of: preparing a molten first aluminum alloy with a composition A which is free from lithium as purposive alloying element, transferring the first aluminum alloy to an induction melting furnace, adding lithium to the first aluminum alloy in the induction melting furnace to obtain a molten second aluminum alloy with a composition B having lithium as purposive alloying element, optionally adding further alloying elements to the second aluminum alloy, transferring the second alloy via a metal conveying trough from the induction melting furnace to a casting station.