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Iron castings with compacted or spheroidal graphite produced by determining coefficients from cooling curves and adjusting the content of structure modifyng agents in the melt
EP 1032718 B1 · Applicant: SinterCast AB
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- Filed November 17, 1998 and granted October 4, 2001. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2018.
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FiledNovember 17, 1998
PublishedSeptember 6, 2000
GrantedOctober 4, 2001
Term endedNovember 17, 2018
Application numberEP 98954912
Classification (CPC)C22C33/08
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