Metro Metal ingot to be cast in space station is bound for CSU researcher Surendra Tewari's lab Published: Sep. 15, 2009, 1:47 a.m. By John Mangels, The Plain Dealer ...

The photograph shows casting slag from a steel ingot that was incorporated into a steel component used for pressure vessel applications. Inclusions in metals are frequently oxides, sulfides, etc., ...

As the metal descends into a water-cooled mould, controlled solidification occurs, resulting in a homogenous ingot with significantly reduced non-metallic inclusions.

In the recent global market, 450kg to 800 kg commercial directional solidification systems are widely used in production and systems capable of producing 1000kg – 2400 kg ingots are also being ...