Patent ID: 8347948
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B22D,B22F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for preparing alloy sheet from a melted alloy liquid comprising: a first container for melted alloy liquid with a mouth which is positioned in an inductive heating coil; a liquid flow stabilization outfit comprising a barrel container with open bottom and an upper part, and a base board arranged below the open bottom, and the upper part being positioned below the mouth of the container; a quenching wheel arranged to carry the melted alloy liquid from the base board and to spin the melted alloy liquid into strips that become alloy sheets after collision; and a transferring outfit positioned below the quenching wheel for further cooling and transferring of the alloy sheets, characterized in that the quenching wheel comprises a cooling surface shaped as a stepped shaft having a number of segments separated by steps, the number of steps ranges from 5-25, a step height ranges from 0.5-5 cm, a length of one of the segments ranges from 2-10 cm, and wherein a diameter of each segment sequentially increases from one end of the quenching wheel to another end of the quenching wheel.