Compound Furnace
    2.
    发明公开
    Compound Furnace 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230381859A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18233217

    申请日:2023-08-11

    发明人: Nathan Woodard

    摘要: A compound sintering furnace with managed contamination for debinding and sintering parts. An inner insulation layer is disposed within an outer insulation layer and has an internal hot face surrounding a work zone. A sealed housing surrounds the inner insulation layer and is composed of a refractory material capable of withstanding a service temperature greater than a debinding temperature and less than a sintering temperature. An outer heater system is configured to heat at least a portion of the sealed housing and externally heat the inner insulation layer to, in conjunction with an inner heater system, heat the work zone to the debinding temperature, and inhibit condensation of a binder within and upon the inner insulation layer during a debinding process. The inner heater system is configured to internally heat the inner insulation and heat the work zone to the sintering temperature.

    Device and method for continuously performing grain boundary diffusion and heat treatment

    公开(公告)号:US11636976B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16623191

    申请日:2018-11-05

    摘要: Disclosed are a device and method for continuously performing grain boundary diffusion and heat treatment, characterized in that the alloy workpiece or the metal workpiece are arranged in a relatively independent processing box together with a diffusion source; the device comprises, in successive arrangement, a grain boundary diffusion chamber, a first cooling chamber, a heat treatment chamber, and a second cooling chamber, and a transfer system provided between various chambers for delivering the processing box; each of the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber uses an air cooling system, and the cooling air temperature of the first cooling chamber is above 25° C. and at least differs by 550° C. from the grain boundary diffusion temperature of the grain boundary diffusion chamber; the cooling air temperature of the second cooling chamber is above 25° C. and at least differs by 300° C. from the heat treatment temperature of the heat treatment chamber; and the cooling chamber has a pressure of 50 kPa to 100 kPa. The device provided by the present invention can increase the cooling rate and production efficiency, and improve product consistency.

    Low-Cost High-Purity Vacuum Pumps and Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20230114036A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17802722

    申请日:2021-03-01

    发明人: Nathan Woodard

    IPC分类号: F27B5/04 B22F3/00 F27B5/16

    摘要: Disclosed is a pumping system with reduced contamination. A vacuum pump system includes a mechanical vacuum pump mechanism within a hermetic pump that hermetically isolates the pump mechanism from ambient air. A pump inlet is hermetically sealed to the hermetic pump housing. A pump outlet is hermetically sealed at one end to the hermetic pump housing and at the other end to an inlet of a Peclet seal tube. The vacuum pump system produces a vacuum in a vacuum processing chamber. A sweep gas source injects a sweep gas into at least one of (i) the hermetic pump housing and (ii) the inlet of the Peclet seal tube. The sweep gas and a process gas flow through the Peclet seal tube to substantially isolate against the backflow of the ambient air through the Peclet seal tube.

    BATCH FURNACE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING A BATCH FURNACE ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20220412652A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17844911

    申请日:2022-06-21

    摘要: Batch furnace assembly for processing wafers, comprising a process chamber housing defining a process chamber and having a process chamber opening, a wafer boat housing defining a water boat chamber, a door assembly, a differential pressure sensor, and a controller. The door assembly has a closed position in which it closes off the process chamber opening. The door assembly defines in a closed position a door assembly chamber having a purge gas inlet for supplying purge gas to the door assembly chamber for gas sealingly separating the process chamber from the wafer boat chamber. The differential pressure sensor assembly fluidly connects to the door assembly chamber and is configured to determine a pressure difference between a pressure in the door assembly chamber and a reference pressure in a reference pressure chamber. The controller is configured to establish whether the pressure difference is in a desired pressure range.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PERFORMING GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION AND HEAT TREATMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210142944A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-13

    申请号:US16623191

    申请日:2018-11-05

    摘要: Disclosed are a device and method for continuously performing grain boundary diffusion and heat treatment, characterized in that the alloy workpiece or the metal workpiece are arranged in a relatively independent processing box together with a diffusion source; the device comprises, in successive arrangement, a grain boundary diffusion chamber, a first cooling chamber, a heat treatment chamber, and a second cooling chamber, and a transfer system provided between various chambers for delivering the processing box; each of the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber uses an air cooling system, and the cooling air temperature of the first cooling chamber is above 25° C. and at least differs by 550° C. from the grain boundary diffusion temperature of the grain boundary diffusion chamber; the cooling air temperature of the second cooling chamber is above 25° C. and at least differs by 300° C. from the heat treatment temperature of the heat treatment chamber; and the cooling chamber has a pressure of 50 kPa to 100 kPa. The device provided by the present invention can increase the cooling rate and production efficiency, and improve product consistency.

    Methods and apparatus for a microwave batch curing process

    公开(公告)号:US10945313B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US15165377

    申请日:2016-05-26

    摘要: In some embodiments, a process chamber for a microwave batch curing process includes: an annular body having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a central opening of the annular body, wherein the inner surface comprises a plurality of angled surfaces defining a first volume; a first lip extending radially outward from the outer surface of the annular body proximate a first end of the annular body; a second lip extending radially outward from the outer surface of the annular body proximate a second end of the annular body; an exhaust disposed between the first lip and the second lip and fluidly coupled to the first volume, wherein the exhaust comprises a plurality of first openings; a plurality of second openings fluidly coupled to the first volume, wherein the plurality of second openings are configured to expose the first volume to microwave energy; and one or more ports fluidly coupled to the first volume.

    Low pressure induction carburization

    公开(公告)号:US10774413B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US14938024

    申请日:2015-11-11

    发明人: Alan J. Gomez

    摘要: A method for selective carburization of an article using low pressure induction carburization includes: providing or procuring an article including a surface; subjecting the article to directed induction heating, wherein a first portion of the surface of the article is inductively heated to a temperature that exceeds a carburizing temperature, while a second portion of the surface of the article remains at a temperature below the carburizing temperature; and simultaneously with subjecting the article to directed induction heating, subjecting the article to low pressure carburization, thereby selectively carburizing the first portion of the surface of the article while not carburizing the second portion of the surface of the article.

    Atmospheric-pressure acetylene carburizing furnace

    公开(公告)号:US10655207B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US15952599

    申请日:2018-04-13

    摘要: The Invention relates to an atmospheric-pressure acetylene carburizing furnace, comprises a reaction chamber, an acetylene intake duct, an exhaust gas duct, a control and metering apparatus, an exhaust gas measurement apparatus, and a computer controller. The computer controller calculates a total amount of carbon in the furnace and an enrichment rate of a workpiece, and adjusts an acetylene intake volume according to the calculation result until process requirements are met. The Invention realizes carburizing with acetylene under atmospheric pressure and reduces the usage costs while improving the equipment efficiency.