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US 4,392,805 AGranted
Centrifugal casting apparatus
OwnerOleg L. Golyak, Leonty A. Golyak +1inventors
InventorsOleg L. Golyak, Leonty A. Golyak, Ivan R. Stepurenko
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Abstract
A centrifugal casting apparatus comprises a mold mounted for rotation about the vertical axis thereof and having a bottom provided with a through axial opening. A member having a helicoidally shaped surface is axially mounted within the opening in the bottom. The member has a lower portion to be immersed into a melt and extending out of the opening and downwardly of said bottom of the mold. The mold and the member are connected with a rotation drive and a vertical motion drive.
Claims14
A centrifugal casting apparatus for casting from a melt comprising:
- a mold mounted for rotation about the vertical axis thereof and having a bottom provided with a through co-axial opening having vertical walls;
- a member having a helicoidally shaped surface, co-axially mounted within said mold for preventing shrink heads formation and having a lower portion extending through said opening outwardly and downwardly of said mold bottom, said member being adapted to be immersed into said melt for cleaning its surface from slag;
- a rotation drive connected with said mold and said member;
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- a vertical motion drive connected with said mold and said member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.