公开(公告)号：US20220003497A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US17448418

申请日：2021-09-22

申请人： ATI PROPERTIES LLC

发明人： Travis R. Moxley ,  Lanh G. Dinh ,  Timothy F. Soran ,  Edmund J. Haas ,  Douglas P. Austin ,  Matthew J. Arnold ,  Eric R. Martin

IPC分类号： F27B3/04 ,  F27D3/14 ,  F27D11/12 ,  B22D11/00 ,  B22D11/041 ,  B22D11/116 ,  B22D21/00 ,  B22D11/14

摘要： Certain embodiments of a melting and casting apparatus comprising includes a melting hearth; a refining hearth fluidly communicating with the melting hearth; a receiving receptacle fluidly communicating with the refining hearth, the receiving receptacle including a first outflow region defining a first molten material pathway, and a second outflow region defining a second molten material pathway; and at least one melting power source oriented to direct energy toward the receiving receptacle and regulate a direction of flow of molten material along the first molten material pathway and the second molten material pathway. Methods for casting a metallic material also are disclosed.