Patent ID: 8752610
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: B22D,C30B

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: sequentially providing a plurality of molds including molten casting material; sequentially moving the plurality of molds in a first direction; and sequentially guiding a solidification interface across the molds in a second direction in response to the moving the molds effective to advance a solidification front of the casting material along a respective mold axis of a respective mold extending in the second direction, wherein the second direction is deviated from the first direction, wherein the solidification interface comprises a transition to a negative heat transfer region, and wherein the solidification interface is deviated from the first direction at a non-perpendicular angle and, at the location at which the solidification interface is guided across a respective mold, the solidification interface is deviated from the respective mold axis of the respective mold extending in the second direction at a non-perpendicular angle.