US 12,030,116 B2
Monitoring casting environment
John Robert Buster McCallum, Spokane, WA (US); Michael R. Kosmicki, Spokane, WA (US); Adwait Thakur, Spokane Valley, WA (US); William M. Betts, Lake Liberty, WA (US); Phillip Wilson, Coeur d'ALene, ID (US); Adarsh Gupta, Marietta, GA (US); and Augusto-Cesar Silva, Roswell, GA (US)
Assigned to Novelis Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/005,937
Filed by Novelis Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/042984
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/020724, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,947, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0286038 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B22D 11/18 (2006.01); B22D 11/049 (2006.01); B22D 11/14 (2006.01); B22D 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC B22D 11/185 (2013.01) [B22D 11/049 (2013.01); B22D 11/141 (2013.01); B22D 11/204 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for monitoring a casting operation, the system comprising:
a mold defining an opening to receive molten metal;
a launder configured to deliver the molten metal to the mold during the casting operation;
a camera having a field of view and configured to capture optical data associated with the casting operation; and
a controller comprising a processor configured to execute instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium in a memory, the controller causing the processor to perform processor operations including:
receiving the optical data associated with the casting operation;
generating, based on at least the optical data, a profile associated with the casting operation;
comparing the profile with a baseline profile; and
determining, based on the comparing, whether a particular event has occurred.
 
11. A method of monitoring a mold, comprising:
initiating a casting operation using one or more pieces of equipment of a casting system including the mold and a launder, the casting operation comprising one or more actions that cause or facilitate molten metal flowing from the launder into the mold;
capturing, using a camera, first optical data associated with at least one of the one or more pieces of equipment;
generating, based on the first optical data, a profile associated with the at least one of the one or more pieces of equipment;
comparing the profile with a baseline profile; and
determining, based on the comparing, whether a particular event has occurred.