Patent ID: 11951536
Assignee: NOVELIS INC.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A system for monitoring a mold, comprising:
the mold defining an opening to receive molten metal and comprising a bottom block lowerable during a casting of the molten metal into an ingot;
a launder configured to deliver the molten metal to the mold;
a water source configured to provide water to the mold;
a diverter configured to divert the water away from a portion of the ingot;
a camera having a field of view including at least the portion of the ingot that the water has been diverted away from, the camera configured to capture optical data associated with the ingot; and
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:
receiving optical data associated with the portion of the ingot or a portion of the bottom block;
determining, based on the optical data, whether separation of the portion of the ingot from the portion of the bottom block has occurred; and
generating operating instructions for casting the molten metal into the ingot if it was determined that the separation has occurred.