Device for degassing light alloy melts by means of ultrasounds and system

A system for degassing light alloy melts by means of ultrasounds, comprising:

• a degassing device (100) integrating:
• a sonotrode (102) which can produce an oscillatory movement using a transducer (101) in order to generate waves at an ultrasound oscillation frequency in said light alloy melt, when said sonotrode (102) and said melt are in contact, so as to perform the degassing;
• and
• an electronic-mechanical component (104) embedded in an interchangeable tip (102b) of the sonotrode (102) provided at an end part of the sonotrode (102) and responsible for making contact with the light alloy melt, said electronic-mechanical component (104) comprising a programmable chip integrated circuit encoded with identification and service life parameters of the sonotrode (102) including user, material, manufacturing dates, serial number and information about a maximum allowable vibrations, said chip integrated circuit being programmed and configured to detect a state of a service life or an anomalous operation of the sonotrode (102) including vibration anomalies, said electronic-mechanical component (104) being configured to send the detected state or detected anomalous operation, conveyed in at least one notification signal;
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• an electronic control equipment (103), located remotely with respect to the sonotrode (102), configured to receive said at least one notification signal and to establish a connection using an electronic unit (105) with said transducer (101) for activation or deactivation of the transducer (101), depending on said at least one notification signal.