摘要 |
<p>Net shape or near net shape metal rod or wire (3) is rapidly solidified. Molten metal (7) is delivered to a semi-cylindrical casting channel (2) in a chill block (1) from a tundish (4) through a critically-designed metering system comprising a drain (6), an orifice formed of the casting channel (2) and a complementary volume control channel (5), and a barrier (8) which directs molten metal to the volume-control orifice.</p> |