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US 2018/0164036 A1Published application
Cold crucible insert
AssigneeFluxtrol Inc.
InventorValentin Nemkov
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Abstract
A cold crucible may include a plurality of fingers extending in an axial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction, and a slit between each pair of adjacent fingers. The cold crucible may also include at least one insert in each of the slits. The at least one insert may include a first component made of a soft magnetic composite material, and a second component made of a soft magnetic component.
Claims20
An insert for a cold crucible, comprising:
- a first component made of a soft magnetic composite material;
- and
- a second component made of a soft magnetic material.
A cold crucible comprising:
- a plurality of fingers extending in an axial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction;
- a slit between adjacent fingers and extending radially from an inner diameter of the cold crucible to an outer diameter of the cold crucible;
- and
- at least one insert in at least one slit;
- wherein the at least one insert includes a first component made of a soft magnetic composite material, and a second component made of a soft magnetic component.
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A process comprising:
- supplying a current through a coil wrapped around a cold crucible having a plurality of fingers extending in an axial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction;
- generating a magnetic flux from the coil, which flows through slits between the fingers of the cold crucible and interacts with a charge inside the cold crucible;
- passing the magnetic flux through at least one insert inserted in at least one of the slits to aid the magnetic flux to penetrate between each finger;
- wherein the at least one insert includes a first component made of a soft magnetic composite material, and a second component made of a soft magnetic component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.