Patents by Inventor Andrea FORONI

Andrea FORONI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11268166
    Abstract: A method of producing a metal superalloy may include: providing a charge of metal materials; melting the charge of metal materials in an electric-arc furnace to obtain a first melt of the charge of metal materials; performing Argon Oxygen Decarburization (A.O.D.) treatment on the first melt to obtain a decarburized and refined first melt; solidifying the decarburized and refined first melt to obtain first ingots; melting the first ingots in a Vacuum Induction Degassing and Pouring (V.I.D.P.) furnace to obtain a second melt; solidifying the second melt to obtain second ingots; melting the second ingots in a Vacuum Arc Remelting (V.A.R.) furnace to obtain a third melt; and solidifying the third melt to obtain the metal superalloy. The charge of metal materials may have a weight greater than or equal to forty tons and less than or equal to sixty tons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FORONI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Foroni, Luca Foroni
  • Publication number: 20200199711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method (1) of producing a metal superalloy (10) comprising the steps of providing a charge of metal materials (2); melting said charge of metal materials (2) in an electric-arc furnace (3) to obtain a first melt (3A) of said charge of metal materials (2); solidifying (5) said first melt (3A) to obtain first ingots (5A); melting said first ingots (5A) in a V.I.D.P. furnace (6) to obtain a second melt (6A); solidifying (7) said second melt (6A) to obtain second ingots (7A); melting said second ingots (7A) in a V.A.R. furnace (8) to obtain a third melt (8A); solidifying (9) said third melt (8A) to obtain a metal superalloy (10). The method (1) is characterized in that the charge of metal materials (2) has a weight amount ranging from forty to sixty tons, and it includes a step of carrying out an A.O.D. treatment (4) on said first melt (3A) to obtain a decarburized and refined first melt (4A); said melting in the V.I.D.P. furnace (6) and said melting in the V.A.R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Andrea FORONI, Luca FORONI