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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Klecka, Coventry, CT (US);
Ying She, East Hartford, CT (US);
Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Aaron T. Nardi, East Granby, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/04 (2006.01); B01J 8/18 (2006.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B01J 2/16 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/04 (2013.01); B01J 2/16 (2013.01); B01J 8/1836 (2013.01); B22F 1/0048 (2013.01); B22F 1/0085 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0053 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00061 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00504 (2013.01); B22F 2201/02 (2013.01); B22F 2201/11 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a powder spheroidizing method. The method includes loading a powder into a fluidized bed assembly, fluidizing at least some of the powder in the fluidized bed assembly using an inert gas, and heating the powder while fluidized in the fluidized bed assembly.