Abstract:
A device (100) for processing a layer (M) of powder material, comprising a slidable transport surface (106) adapted to support and advance the layer (M) of powder material, a compacting station (115) adapted to compact the layer (M) of powder material while it advances on the transport surface (106), and means (200) for trimming the lateral edges of the layer (M) of powder material upstream of the compacting station (115).
Abstract:
A device (100) for compacting a layer (M) of powder material, comprising a slidable transport surface (106) adapted to support and advance the layer (M) of powder material along a predefined direction of advancement (A), a slidable compacting surface (127) flexible and superimposed to the transport surface (106) and substantially slidable in the same direction of advancement (A), pressing means (130, 135) adapted to press said compacting surface (127) towards the transport surface (106) so as to press the layer (M) of powder material interposed therebetween, and means (170, 180, 185) for contrasting the expansion of the layer (M) of powder material downstream of the pressing means (130, 135), which are configured for pressing the compacting surface (127) towards the transport surface (106) with a differentiated pressure in the transverse direction with respect to the direction of advancement (A), said means (170, 180, 185) for contrasting the expansion being independent from the compacting surface.
Abstract:
A method for reduction of lateral powder waste of a layer of powder material advancing on a mobile conveyor surface, the strip of powder material having a transversal section with decreasing thickness diminishing also in accordance with the angle of friction of the powder exhibiting a section alike an isosceles trapezium, and two containing walls being provided for the powder layer, perpendicular to the sliding surface and parallel to the advancement direction thereof, the method comprising the following activities: positioning the containing walls internally of each strip of powder having a decreasing thickness, so as to divide each strip into two portions having a substantially identical section, and transferring the powder which during the advancing of the strip is external of the walls into the space afforded between the walls in proximity of the walls. The device for reducing the lateral waste of powder comprises two lateral containing walls 6 for the powder having an adjustable gauge, as well as means (5, 7) for transferring, during the advancing of the strip, the powder which is external of the -walls into the space afforded between the walls in proximity thereof.
Abstract:
A machine and method for compacting a powder material (CP); the machine (2) comprises a compacting device (3), which is adapted to compact the powder material (CP); a conveyor assembly (5) to convey a layer of powder material (CP), along a portion (PA) of a given path, to the compacting device (3); and an adjusting assembly, which is adapted to change the width of the layer of powder material (CP) along the portion (PA) of the given path and consequently the thickness of the layer of powder material (CP) at its longitudinal edges.