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Patent No.:

US 11612932 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2018

Operating a sintering furnace

Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

David Champion, Corvallis, OR (US);

Richard Seaver, Corvallis, OR (US);

Pavan Suri, Corvallis, OR (US);

Assignee:

HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);

Attorney:

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Rebecca Janssen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/10 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 3/00 (2021.01); F27D 19/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); G01N 9/00 (2006.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/1028 (2013.01); B22F 3/003 (2013.01); B22F 3/10 (2013.01); B22F 3/1021 (2013.01); B22F 10/64 (2021.01); B22F 10/85 (2021.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); F27D 19/00 (2013.01); G01N 9/00 (2013.01); B22F 3/225 (2013.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); F27D 2019/0003 (2013.01); F27D 2019/0028 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example implementation, a method of operating a sintering furnace includes receiving information about a green object load to be sintered in a sintering furnace, determining a sintering profile based on the information, and performing a sintering process according to the sintering profile. During the sintering process, a sensor reading that indicates a degree of densification of a green object in the load is accessed from a densification sensor. The method includes initiating a cool down phase of the sintering process if the sensor reading has reached a target sensor reading.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Champion, David. (2023). Operating a sintering furnace (U.S. Patent No. 11612932). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11612932

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