ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,105, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Longnan Longyi Heavy Rare-Earth Technology Co. Ltd. (Ganzhou, China).
"Feed method for electroslag remelting furnace" was invented by Zhijin Liao (Ganzhou, China), Le Xu (Ganzhou, China), Chunhong Li (Ganzhou, China), Qing Yang (Ganzhou, China) and Fusheng Zhu (Ganzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an feed method for electroslag remelting furnace which includes the following steps: mounting a wire in a wire feeder, activating the wire feeder, passing the wire through a straightening machine and an insulating sleeve in sequence, and then stopping the wire f...