Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

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maybe it´s conntected to this patent, will someone check upon it ?



***** http://www.google.com/patents/US20140083645 *******

In one example, when induction skull remelting or melting (ISR) is used to melt the metal alloys, for example in a crucible vessel which is capable of rapidly, cleanly melting a single charge of material to be cast, e.g., up to about 25 pounds of material. In ISR, material is melted in the crucible vessel defined by a plurality of metal (e.g., copper) fingers retained in position next to one another. The crucible vessel is surrounded by an induction coil coupled to a power source. The fingers include passages for the circulation of cooling water from and to a water source to prevent melting of the fingers. The field generated by the coil passes through the crucible vessel, and heats and melts materials located in the crucible. The field also serves to agitate or stir the molten materials. A thin layer of the materials to be melt may freeze on the crucible wall and forms the skull, thereby minimizing the ability of molten materials to attack the crucible vessel. By properly selecting the crucible and coil, and the power level and frequency applied to the coil, it is possible to urge the molten materials away from the crucible vessel, in effect levitating the molten material.