Process and apparatus for minimizing the potential for explosions in the direct chill casting of aluminum lithium alloys

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PATENT NO 9616493
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14761735

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An apparatus and a system including a casting pit; a mold including a reservoir and a cavity; a coolant feed operable to introduce a coolant to a periphery of a metal emerging from the mold cavity; an array of water vapor exhaust ports about at least the top periphery of the casting pit; a mechanism to introduce an inert fluid into the coolant feed. A method for a direct chill casting including, after detecting a bleed out, exhausting generated gas from the casting pit at a flow volume rate that is enhanced relative to a flow volume rate prior to detecting bleed out or run out; introducing an inert gas into the casting pit; and introducing an inert fluid into a coolant feed to the casting mold.

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ALMEX USA INC6925 ARAGON CIRCLE BUENA PARK CA 90620

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Streigle, Ronald M Anaheim, US 10 65
Tilak, Ravindra V Orange, US 19 187
Wirtz, Rodney W Lake Forest, US 10 65

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