发明授权
- 专利标题: Space foundry
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申请号: US17737588申请日: 2022-05-05
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公开(公告)号: US11634241B1公开(公告)日: 2023-04-25
- 发明人: Joseph W. Pawelski , Toby Joseph Daniel Mould , Jan Walter Schroeder , Gary Douglas Calnan
- 申请人: CisLunar Industries USA, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US CO Denver
- 专利权人: CisLunar Industries USA, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: CisLunar Industries USA, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CO Denver
- 代理机构: Wiedmann Law LLC
- 主分类号: B64G4/00
- IPC分类号: B64G4/00 ; F27D3/14 ; B64G1/10 ; F27D3/00
摘要:
Certain embodiments of the inventive technology may be described as apparatus for melting and reshaping metal from a first shape into a second shape in a microgravity or zero gravity environment, such as a space foundry, where such apparatus includes feedstock input componentry (5) configured to accept conductive metal feedstock (7) having the first shape, a furnace and a furnace pre-stage (22) established upflow of the furnace, a plurality of electromagnetic field generators (10), each of which is configured to generate an electromagnetic field, to, e.g., steer, melt and/or move the metal, whether melt or otherwise, and casting componentry (15) configured to reshape molten metal to the second shape. Certain embodiments may achieve a high degree of control over electromagnetic fields by offering individual adjustment of one or more electrical parameters of the electromagnetic field generators (10).
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