Inventors:
Oleg S. Fishman - Maple Glen PA, US
Joseph T. Belsh - Mount Laurel NJ, US
Bernard M. Raffner - Maple Glen PA, US
Prabhu N. Satyen - Voorhees NJ, US
Assignee:
Inductotherm Corp. - Rancocas NJ
International Classification:
F27D 3/00
Abstract:
A molten material can be heated, melted and directly solidified in a single vessel. Induction heating and melting of the molten material is achieved by magnetically coupling the field produced by current flow in a plurality of induction coils surrounding the vessel with either the molten material in the vessel, or a susceptor surrounding molten material in the vessel. Current flow is selectively removed from the plurality of induction coils, and a cooling medium surrounding the vessel, such as water flowing through hollow induction coils, solidifies the molten metal into a highly purified crystalline solid.