Patent ID: 7958929

Claim:
An apparatus for producing an alloy, comprising: a casting device which casts a molten alloy using a strip cast method; a crushing device which crushes a cast alloy after casting; and a heating device which keeps thin laminas of the cast alloy after crushing at a predetermined temperature, or which heats the thin laminas of the cast alloy after crushing, wherein the heating device is equipped with a container and a heater; a hopper and the heating device are disposed below the crushing device; the heater has an opening part, and an outlet of the hopper is disposed in the opening part; the container is equipped with a storage container, and an opening-closing stage disposed over the storage container; the thin laminas of the cast alloy supplied from the crushing device are mounted on the opening-closing stage when the opening-closing stage is in a closed state; and the opening-closing stage releases the thin laminas of the cast alloy to the storage container when the opening-closing stage is in an opened state.