Method and Device for the Production of Metal Slurry, and Method and Device for Produciton of Ingot

Abstract

With a device including a melting furnace ( 11 ) for melting metals to form a molten metal (M), a tilted cooling body ( 31 ) allowing the molten metal (M) delivered from the melting furnace ( 11 ) to be poured thereon from above, and a tilted cooling body vibrating mechanism ( 36 ) for imparting vibration to the tilted cooling body ( 31 ), this invention can produce metal slurry possessing fine spherical crystals efficiently and continuously.

1 . A method for the production of metal slurry (U), comprising pouring a molten metal (M) onto a tilted cooling body ( 31 ) and allowing the molten metal to cool on the tilted cooling body, wherein vibration is imparted to the tilted cooling body.  
   
   
       2 . A method for the production of metal slurry (U), comprising pouring a molten metal (M) onto a vibrating cooling body ( 31 ) and causing the cooling body to cool the molten metal.  
   
   
       3 . A method according to  claim 1  or  claim 2 , wherein the molten metal is formed of a magnesium alloy.  
   
   
       4 . A device for the production of metal slurry (U), comprising a tilted cooling body ( 31 ) onto which a molten metal (M) is poured to cool the molten metal and which is equipped with a tilted cooling body vibrating mechanism ( 36 ) for imparting vibration to the tilted cooling body.  
   
   
       5 . A device for the production of metal slurry, comprising a cooling body ( 31 ) onto which a molten metal (M) is poured and a cooling body vibrating mechanism ( 36 ) for imparting vibration to the cooling body.  
   
   
       6 . A device according to  claim 4  or  claim 5 , wherein the molten metal is formed of a magnesium alloy.  
   
   
       7 . A method for the production of an ingot (B, N), comprising supplying a mold ( 41 ) with a molten metal (M) and cooling the molten metal (M) by cooling the mold, wherein vibration is imparted to the mold.  
   
   
       8 . A method for the production of an ingot (N), comprising pouring a molten metal (M) onto a vibrating cooling body to cool the molten metal with the vibrating cooling body, supplying the cooled molten metal to a mold ( 41 ) and further cooling the cooled molten metal by cooling the mold.  
   
   
       9 . A method according to  claim 7  or  claim 8 , wherein the molten metal is formed of a magnesium alloy.  
   
   
       10 . A device for the production of an ingot (B, N), comprising a mold ( 131 ) to which a molten metal (U) is supplied and which is cooled and equipped with a mold vibrating mechanism ( 171 ) for imparting vibration to the mold ( 131 ).  
   
   
       11 . A device for the production of an ingot (B, N), comprising a cooling body ( 211 ) onto which a molten metal (U) is poured for cooling the molten metal, a mold ( 131 ) to which the cooled molten metal is supplied and which is cooled to further cool the cooled molten metal and a cooling body vibrating mechanism ( 221 ) for imparting vibration to the cooling body.  
   
   
       12 . A device according to  claim 10  or  claim 11 , wherein the molten metal is formed of a magnesium alloy.