APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND REGULATING CRYOGENIC COOLING
    11.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND REGULATING CRYOGENIC COOLING 审中-公开
    用于监测和调节低温冷却的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110083447A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-14

    申请号:US12675246

    申请日:2008-08-27

    IPC分类号: F25D3/10

    摘要: An apparatus and method for monitoring and/or controlling cryogenic cooling by measuring the opacity of the vapor cloud (113) generated from a cryogenic cooling device (112). The opacity is determined by measuring the reduction in intensity of a light beam (127) passed through the vapor cloud (113). The opacity measurements are used to control an operating parameter of the system, such as the cooling rate of the cryogenic cooling device (112). The opacity measurements may be normalized to compensate for variables, other than temperature of the workpiece (119) and cooling rate, which may affect the opacity of the vapor cloud (113).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过测量由低温冷却装置(112)产生的蒸汽云(113)的不透明度来监测和/或控制低温冷却的装置和方法。 通过测量通过蒸气云(113)的光束(127)的强度的降低来确定不透明度。 不透明度测量用于控制系统的操作参数,例如低温冷却装置(112)的冷却速率。 不透明度测量可以归一化以补偿除了工件温度(119)和冷却速率之外的变量,这可能影响蒸气云(113)的不透明度。

    Process and apparatus for shrouding a turbulent gas jet
    15.
    发明授权
    Process and apparatus for shrouding a turbulent gas jet 失效
    用于遮蔽湍流气体射流的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5738281A

    公开(公告)日:1998-04-14

    申请号:US848418

    申请日:1997-05-08

    摘要: Use of a shrouding gas to combine with and protect a turbulent gas jet issuing from an orifice enables control of a gas jet stream composition downstream from the orifice. The natural aspiration rate of the gas jet is used to determine the flowrate of shrouding gas which is introduced around the gas jet in a soft gas cushion which does not disrupt the flow pattern of the gas jet but instead is entrained into the jet stream to the exclusion of ambient gases in the atmosphere. Preferably shrouding gas is replaced at least at the rate at which it is entrained. Apparatus for this process uses a porous shroud, preferably of metal foam, through which shrouding gas flows evenly around the gas jet as it issues from a nozzle orifice. Provision for tangential entry of shrouding gas into a manifold which feeds the porous shroud prevents the shrouding gas from impinging upon the porous shroud and causing uneven flow around the gas jet.

    摘要翻译: 使用覆盖气体与从孔口发出的湍流气体喷射相结合并保护能够控制气体喷射流组合物从孔口下游。 气体射流的天然吸气速率用于确定在软气体衬垫中围绕气体射流引入的遮蔽气体的流量,其不破坏气体射流的流动模式,而是被夹带到喷射流中 排除大气中的环境气体。 优选地,至少以其被夹带的速率更换遮蔽气体。 用于该方法的装置使用优选为金属泡沫的多孔护罩,当护罩气体从喷嘴口发出时,覆盖气体均匀地流过气体射流。 将护罩气体切入进入到多孔护罩的歧管中的规定防止遮蔽气体撞击多孔护罩并引起气体喷射周围的不均匀流动。

    Process and apparatus for shrouding a turbulent gas jet
    16.
    发明授权
    Process and apparatus for shrouding a turbulent gas jet 失效
    用于遮蔽湍流气体射流的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5662266A

    公开(公告)日:1997-09-02

    申请号:US368565

    申请日:1995-01-04

    摘要: Use of a shrouding gas to combine with and protect a turbulent gas jet issuing from an orifice enables control of a gas jet stream composition downstream from the orifice. The natural aspiration rate of the gas jet is used to determine the flowrate of shrouding gas which is introduced around the gas jet in a soft gas cushion which does not disrupt the flow pattern of the gas jet but instead is entrained into the jet stream to the exclusion of ambient gases in the atmosphere. Preferably shrouding gas is replaced at least at the rate at which it is entrained. Apparatus for this process uses a porous shroud, preferably of metal foam, through which shrouding gas flows evenly around the gas jet as it issues from a nozzle orifice. Provision for tangential entry of shrouding gas into a manifold which feeds the porous shroud prevents the shrouding gas from impinging upon the porous shroud and causing uneven flow around the gas jet.

    摘要翻译: 使用覆盖气体与从孔口发出的湍流气体喷射相结合并保护能够控制气体喷射流组合物从孔口下游。 气体射流的天然吸气速率用于确定在软气体衬垫中围绕气体射流引入的遮蔽气体的流量,其不破坏气体射流的流动模式,而是被夹带到喷射流中 排除大气中的环境气体。 优选地,至少以其被夹带的速率更换遮蔽气体。 用于该方法的装置使用优选为金属泡沫的多孔护罩,当护罩气体从喷嘴口发出时,覆盖气体均匀地流过气体射流。 将护罩气体切入进入到多孔护罩的歧管中的规定防止遮蔽气体撞击多孔护罩并引起气体喷射周围的不均匀流动。

    Method and Apparatus for Quenching of Materials in Vacuum Furnace
    17.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Quenching of Materials in Vacuum Furnace 有权
    真空炉中材料淬火的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130118186A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:US13466404

    申请日:2012-05-08

    申请人: Zbigniew Zurecki

    发明人: Zbigniew Zurecki

    IPC分类号: F25D31/00

    摘要: A method of quenching a material by injecting a cryogenic fluid into a cooling stream and simultaneously venting gas from the cooling stream, in order to maintain a desired target pressure in a chamber containing the material. In a examplary application of the method, the quenching is a step in the heat-treatment of a metal and the chamber is part of a vacuum furnace. Also disclosed is a method of supplying a cryogenic fluid to a process in which the amount of cryogenic fluid necessary to perform the process is transferred from a storage vessel to a supply vessel via a supply line, after which the supply line is closed. An elevated pressure is maintained by vaporization of a relatively small amount of the cryogenic fluid that is allowed to build in a pressure vessel that is in fluid communication with the supply vessel.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过将低温流体注入冷却流中并同时从冷却流排出气体来淬火材料的方法,以便在包含该材料的腔室中保持所需的目标压力。 在该方法的示例性应用中,淬火是金属热处理中的一个步骤,该室是真空炉的一部分。 还公开了一种将低温流体供应到其中执行该过程所需的低温流体的量经由供应管线从储存容器传送到供应容器的过程之后供应管线关闭的方法。 通过相对少量的低温流体的蒸发来维持升高的压力,所述低温流体被允许建立在与供应容器流体连通的压力容器中。

    Apparatus and method for improving work surface during forming and shaping of materials
    19.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for improving work surface during forming and shaping of materials 有权
    在材料成形和成型过程中改善工作表面的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07513121B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-07

    申请号:US10809773

    申请日:2004-03-25

    IPC分类号: F25D17/02 B05D1/24 B05C1/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for improving the surface finish and/or surface integrity of a workpiece formed or shaped with a tool increase the surface hardness of the workpiece during forming or shaping of the workpiece. A method and apparatus for forming or shaping a workpiece also increase the surface hardness of the workpiece during forming or shaping of the workpiece with a tool, as do a method and apparatus for manufacturing a finished part or product from a workpiece. In some embodiments, an expanding jet of cryogen may be jetted to a surface of a workpiece and a tool from a nozzle, wherein the cryogen is at least partially separated into a condensed phase portion and a vapor portion within a downstream portion of the nozzle.

    摘要翻译: 用于改善用工具成形或成形的工件的表面光洁度和/或表面完整性的方法和装置在工件的成型或成形期间增加了工件的表面硬度。 用于形成或成形工件的方法和装置还可以使用工具在成形或成形工件期间增加工件的表面硬度,以及用于从工件制造成品零件或产品的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中,可以将喷射的致冷剂的膨胀射流从喷嘴喷射到工件和工具的表面,其中冷冻剂至少部分地分离成在喷嘴的下游部分内的冷凝相部分和蒸气部分。

    Method of shaping and forming work materials
    20.
    发明授权
    Method of shaping and forming work materials 有权
    成型和成型工作材料的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07390240B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-24

    申请号:US11250587

    申请日:2005-10-14

    IPC分类号: B24B1/00

    CPC分类号: B23P25/003 B23Q11/1053

    摘要: Method of processing a workpiece comprising (a) providing a tool and a workpiece, wherein the workpiece has an initial shape; (b) placing the workpiece and the tool in contact to form an interface, applying force to the tool and/or the workpiece, and moving the tool and/or the workpiece to effect a change in the initial shape of the workpiece; (c) applying a lubricant to any area on a surface of the tool and/or to any area on a surface of the workpiece while the workpiece and the tool are in contact; and (d) applying a cryogenic fluid to any area on the surface of the tool and/or to any area on the surface of the workpiece while the workpiece and the tool are in contact.

    摘要翻译: 一种处理工件的方法,包括:(a)提供工具和工件,其中所述工件具有初始形状; (b)将工件和工具接触以形成界面,向工具和/或工件施加力,并移动工具和/或工件以实现工件的初始形状的改变; (c)当工件和工具接触时,将润滑剂施加到工具表面上的任何区域和/或工件表面上的任何区域上; 和(d)当工件和工具接触时,将低温流体施加到工具表面上的任何区域和/或工件表面上的任何区域。