Method and facility for transforming a liquid-state metal into a solid-state metal

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PATENT NO 9950371
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14773254

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Method and installation for converting a metal in the liquid state into a fragmented metal in the solid state. The metal in the liquid state is poured on an upstream portion of a receiving surface (7) of a first cooled vibrating table (4). The metal falls from the downstream end of the first table on an upstream portion of a receiving surface (17) of a second cooled vibrating table (5). The fragmented and solidified metal is discharged at the downstream end of the receiving surface of that second table. A rotary fragmentation roller (102) may be positioned above a table. The tables comprise an upstream cooling zone (7) by means of a liquid/gas emulsion and a downstream cooling zone (17) by means of a liquid.

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FAI PRODUCTION49 RUE JEAN JAURÈS DOMÈNE 38420

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Roche, Christian Savièse, CH 7 173
Traub, Arthur Gières, FR 1 0

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