ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,066, issued on June 10.
"Casting furnace for solidification restructuring (FSR)" was invented by Rajeev Naik (Yorktown, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casting furnace includes a melting chamber, a dual zone mold heating chamber, and a dual zone mold cooling chamber. The melting chamber provides a source of molten alloy or ceramics with adequate superheat. The dual zone mold heating chamber includes an independently controlled primary heating zone and a secondary heating zone. The primary heating zone raises the mold temperature adequately to impart high gradient solidification conditions. The secondary heating zone assists the ...