Patent ID: 11951534
Assignee: NOVELIS INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for detecting events during a casting operation, the apparatus comprising:
a mold;
a conduit configured to deliver molten metal to the mold for casting the molten metal into an ingot;
a sensor configured to sense acoustic signals from the casting operation, wherein the sensor captures sensor data associated with the casting operation;
a controller comprising a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium in a memory, the controller causing the processor to perform processor operations including:
comparing the sensor data with a set of acoustic profiles;
determining, based on the comparison, whether a particular type of event has occurred;
causing an adjustment to the apparatus or to the casting operation based on whether the particular type of event has occurred; and
initiating a second casting operation using the adjusted casting system or casting operation.