Reinforced Refractory Crucibles For Melting Titanium Alloys

• Main Authors: KELLY, THOMAS JOSEPH, BEWLAY, BERNARD PATRICK, RUTKOWSKI, STEPHEN FRANCIS, SUNDARAM, SAIRAM, WEIMER, MICHAEL JAMES, GIGLIOTTI, MICHAEL FRANCIS XAVIER, RAHMANE, MOHAMED
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.11.2008
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FURNACES; FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS; OVENS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; RETORTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; WEAPONS

Reinforced crucibles (8) for melting titanium alloys having a facecoat (16) including at least one facecoat layer (18), a backing (22) including at least one backing layer (24), and at least one reinforcing element (14) applied to at least a portion of one or more of the facecoat layer (18), the backing layer (24), or a combination thereof where the reinforcing element (14) includes at least one composition selected from ceramic compositions, metallic compositions, and combinations thereof.