公开(公告)号：US20230202767A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17996645

申请日：2021-05-13

申请人： Novelis Inc.

发明人： John Robert Buster McCallum ,  John S. Tingey ,  William M. Betts

IPC分类号： B65G43/10 ,  B22D11/126 ,  B22D11/16

CPC分类号： B65G43/10 ,  B22D11/126 ,  B22D11/163 ,  B65G2203/044 ,  B65G2203/0208

摘要： A metal casting system includes a master conveyor, a slave conveyor, a cutting device, and a control system. The master conveyor includes a first belt and a first motor, and the slave conveyor is separated from the master conveyor and includes a second belt and a second belt. The cutting device is between the master conveyor and the slave conveyor and selectively cuts a metal product that is conveyed by the master conveyor and the slave conveyor. The control system includes a sensor that detects ends of sections of the metal product as the sections of the metal product move in a downstream direction. The control system also includes a controller communicatively coupled with the sensor. The controller selectively controls at least one of the first motor or the second motor based on the detected ends from the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20240042518A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18258670

申请日：2021-12-13

申请人： Novelis Inc.

发明人： John Robert Buster McCallum ,  John S. Tingey

IPC分类号： B22D27/00

CPC分类号： B22D27/003 ,  B22D27/006

摘要： Disclosed herein are gas control systems and associated methods of controlling gas in a mold in casting, such as aluminum casting. The system may have a first mass controller, a second mass controller, and a control device capable of switching the gas control system between a first operating state and a second operating state. The first mass controller and the second mass controller may have different flow rate ranges. In the first operating state, the gas control system may deactivate one of the first or second mass controllers, and in the second operating state, the gas control system may activate both first and second mass controllers.