US3680827A - Rings of heat insulating material for use with floating head boxes in ingot casting - Google Patents

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US3680827A
US3680827A US8326A US3680827DA US3680827A US 3680827 A US3680827 A US 3680827A US 8326 A US8326 A US 8326A US 3680827D A US3680827D A US 3680827DA US 3680827 A US3680827 A US 3680827A
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    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D7/00—Casting ingots, e.g. from ferrous metals
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  • This invention relates to the production of metal ingots and more particularly to the construction of an ingot mould assembly.
  • an ingot mould with a hot top generally in the form of a heat insulating lining within the head of the mould or, alternatively, as a head box lined with slabs of heat insulating material.
  • the purpose is to provide in the vicinity of the head metal a hindrance to the loss of heat from the head metal, thereby to delay its solidification and so maintain a feed of molten metal to the body of the ingot to compensate for the shrinkage which occurs on cooling and solidification. In this way the tendency to the fonnation of fissures, cracks or the like in the cast ingot can be minimized.
  • a head box may be regarded as an upward extension of the ingot mould to which it is applied. Any opentopped ingot mould may be provided with a superimposed head box which may either rest or be fixed upon the top of the mould wall. However, in the case of a big end up ingot mould (i.e., one which tapers outwardly towards the top), a floating head box is often used. Such a head box is one which is inserted into the upper mouth of the mould and which, when the mould is filled with molten metal, tends to float on the surface of the cast ingot.
  • a floating head box generally consists of a metal casting, open at the top and bottom, lined with suitable hot-topping material and provided at the bottom with a refractory ring which protects the metal casting from direct contact with molten metal in the ingot mould.
  • the refractory ring is usually of the general shape of the ingot mould section and is made of a refractory and/or heat insulating composition. A similar ring is used with fixed head boxes.
  • a heat-insulating composition which comprises a particulate refractory material, organic fiber, and a binding agent.
  • Such compositions may consist for example of sand, paper pulp and a thermosetting resin binding agent.
  • the compositions may contain inorganic refractory fiber, e.g., asbestos or slag wool, instead of, or in addition to, the organic fiber.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a ring assembly embodying the invention, except only one part of the metal casing being shown for the sake of simp c y;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view taken essentially along lines 2-2 of FIG. 1, except showing both parts of the metal casing and illustrating the spatial relationship between the metal casing and the bottom flange of the heat insulating ring of the present invention, and
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a ring assembly similar to FIG. 1, except showing the embodiment wherein the ring is formed of two superimposed sections.
  • a ring of a heat-insulating composition comprising particulate refractory material, organic fiber and binding agent, there being provided at the outer periphery of the said ring a metal casing consisting of two ring shaped-plates having flanges thereon, the plates making contact with the upper and lower faces of the ring of heat-insulating composition and the flanges thereto extending over the said outer periphery to a distance greater than half the thickness of the ring.
  • the flanged metal rings may conveniently be fixed in position by nails or the like passing through the overlapping flanges and into the material of the heat-insulating ring.
  • a plurality of heatinsulating ring sections may be superimposed and the flanged metal rings used to hold the assembly together, the flanges in that case extending to a distance greater than half the total thickness of the peripheral parts of the assembled heat-insulating rings.
  • the metal casing thus provided assist in preventing fracture of the heat-insulating rings but it also has the advantage that by presenting a metal surface to the molten metal it tends to chill the molten metal in its immediate vicinity, and thus check the tendency for molten metal to leak through the joint between the mould wall and the heatinsulating ring into the gap between the mould wall and the head box.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a heat-insulating ring 1 having associated with it a metal ring 2 which has a downwardly projecting flange 3. Only one ring 2 is shown, forthe sake of simplicity.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown a section through the periphery of the heat-insulating ring 1 showing the location of metal ring 2 with flange 3 and metal ring 4 with flange 5. The flanges are secured to the ring 1 by nails 6.
  • FIG. 3 an embodiment is shown wherein the heatinsulating ring 1 is formed of two superimposed ring sections 7 and 8 which are held together by the metal casing.
  • A- ring of heat-insulating composition consisting essentially of refractory material, organic fiber and binding agent, said ring terminating in an outwardly depending, bottom flange having atop and bottom plane which are substantially parallel to each other and an outer face connecting the top and bottom planes and a metal casing consisting of a first annular plate positioned against the top plane with a downwardly projecting flange covering part of the outer face and a second annular plate positioned against the bottom plane with an upwardly projecting flange covering part of the outer face and positioned in an abutting relationship with the flange of the first annular plate, the flanges of the annular plates being dimensioned to overlap so as to completely encase the outer face of said bottom flange.
  • a ring assembly comprising a plurality of superimposed heat insulating ring sections made of a heat-insulating composition consisting essentially of particulate refractory material, organic fiber and binding agent, the assembled ring sections terminating in an outwardly depending bottom flange having a top and bottom plane which are substantially parallel to each other and an outer face connecting the top and bottom planes and a metal casing consisting of a first annular plate positioned against the top plane with a downwardly projecting flange covering part of the outer face and a second annular plate positioned against the bottom plane with an upwardly projecting flange covering part of the outer face and positioned in an abutting relationship with the flange of the first annular plate, the flanges of the annular plates being dimensioned to overlap so as to completely encase the outer face of said bottom flange.

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US3762680A (en) * 1971-07-06 1973-10-02 Whitacre Greer Fireproofing Co Hot top for ingot molds
US4809946A (en) * 1986-10-30 1989-03-07 The Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Company Hot top with sealing angle bar

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US1696986A (en) * 1926-01-19 1929-01-01 Max R Trembour Hot top for molds
US2263437A (en) * 1940-04-11 1941-11-18 Republic Steel Corp Hot top
US2274580A (en) * 1938-10-26 1942-02-24 Vickers Electrical Co Ltd Production of metal castings
GB881365A (en) * 1959-05-26 1961-11-01 Oglebay Norton Co Bottom ring assembly for hot tops for ingot moulds
US3012296A (en) * 1958-09-29 1961-12-12 Wiesner Gunther Protective body for ingot mold
FR1376779A (fr) * 1963-09-27 1964-10-31 Universal Refractories Corp Anneau inférieur de tête chaude pour lingotière et procédé de fabrication dudit anneau
US3437308A (en) * 1967-10-15 1969-04-08 Universal Refractories Corp Combination hot top,liner and bottom ring

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US1696986A (en) * 1926-01-19 1929-01-01 Max R Trembour Hot top for molds
US2274580A (en) * 1938-10-26 1942-02-24 Vickers Electrical Co Ltd Production of metal castings
US2263437A (en) * 1940-04-11 1941-11-18 Republic Steel Corp Hot top
US3012296A (en) * 1958-09-29 1961-12-12 Wiesner Gunther Protective body for ingot mold
GB881365A (en) * 1959-05-26 1961-11-01 Oglebay Norton Co Bottom ring assembly for hot tops for ingot moulds
FR1376779A (fr) * 1963-09-27 1964-10-31 Universal Refractories Corp Anneau inférieur de tête chaude pour lingotière et procédé de fabrication dudit anneau
US3437308A (en) * 1967-10-15 1969-04-08 Universal Refractories Corp Combination hot top,liner and bottom ring

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US3762680A (en) * 1971-07-06 1973-10-02 Whitacre Greer Fireproofing Co Hot top for ingot molds
US4809946A (en) * 1986-10-30 1989-03-07 The Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Company Hot top with sealing angle bar

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