US Patent Issued to ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES on March 31 for "Device and method for producing an investment casting component" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,432, issued on March 31, was assigned to ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hanau, Germany).

"Device and method for producing an investment casting component" was invented by Henrik Franz (Freigericht, Germany), Sergejs Spitans (Nuremberg, Germany) and Bjorn Sehring (Bessenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a device for producing an investment casting component, comprising a melting chamber having an induction coil assembly disposed in the melting chamber, wherein the induction coil assembly is adapted to melt off an electrode at least partially received therein to produce a ceramic-free continuous mel...