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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Ipsen, Inc., Cherry Valley, IL (US);
Torsten Hesse, Kleve, DE;
Marc Warmbold, Emmerich, DE;
Rolf Sarres, Oberhausen, DE;
Matthias Rink, Moers, DE;
Markus Reinhold, Kleve, DE;
Ipsen, Inc., Cherry Valley, IL (US);
Abstract
In order to achieve an increase in energy efficiency and a faster quenching of the workpieces, a device according to the invention is proposed for the treatment of metallic workpieces with cooling gas, comprising a horizontally arranged cylindrical housing () with at least one closable opening for the introduction and extraction of the workpieces to be treated, with a quenching chamber () located inside the housing () for receiving the workpieces to be treated, with two high-performance fans (and) arranged laterally and outside the quenching chamber () for guiding a cooling gas through the quenching chamber () and with two heat exchangers (and) for cooling the cooling gas, that heat exchanger (or) is respectively associated with a high-performance fan (or) and that closable guide devices (or) are arranged above and below the quenching chamber ().