Method and apparatus for the production of a casting
AssigneeWeir Minerals Australia Ltd.
InventorsJames Vernon Pezzutti, Ewan O'Leary
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the production of a casting comprises: —pouring molten material into a mould for forming the casting; —allowing the molten material to solidify; —removing the mould at least in part from the resulting solidified casting; and —locating the solidified casting in a chamber (10) that completely surrounds and facilitates a controlled rate of cooling of the casting.
Claims33
A method for the production of a casting, the method comprising the steps of:
- pouring molten material into a mould for forming the casting;
- allowing the molten material to solidify;
- removing the mould at least in part from the resulting solidified casting;
- and
- locating the solidified casting in a chamber that completely surrounds and facilitates a controlled rate of cooling of the casting.
A method for cooling a newly solidified casting comprising the step of locating the casting in a chamber that completely surrounds and facilitates a controlled rate of cooling of the casting.
(canceled)
Apparatus for cooling of a casting, the apparatus comprising a chamber which is adapted to completely surround and facilitate a controlled rate of cooling of the casting.
A casting produced by the method of:
- pouring molten material into a mould for forming the casting;
- allowing the molten material to solidify;
- removing the mould at least in part from the resulting solidified casting;
- and
- locating the solidified casting in a chamber that completely surrounds and facilitates a controlled rate of cooling of the casting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.