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- Patent Title: Method for magnetic flux compensation in a directional solidification furnace utilizing a stationary secondary coil
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Application No.: US15797799Application Date: 2017-10-30
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Publication No.: US10760179B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Joseph V. Mantese , Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi , Ryan C. Breneman , Andrew Boyne , John Joseph Marcin , Dustin W. Davis , David Ulrich Furrer , James Tilsley Auxier
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: B22D27/02
- IPC: B22D27/02 ; B22D27/04 ; C30B11/00 ; H05B6/08 ; H05B6/44 ; F27D21/00 ; H05B6/36 ; F27B14/14 ; F27B14/06

Abstract:
A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; energizing a primary inductive coil within the chamber to heat the mold via radiation from a susceptor, wherein the resultant electromagnetic field partially leaks through the susceptor coupled to the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field; sensing a magnetic flux leakage past the susceptor within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil coupled to the chamber, wherein the control field controls the magnetic flux experienced by the cast part; and casting the material within the mold under the controlled degree of flux leakage.
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