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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Frank Bishop, Wales, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 9/32 (2006.01); B24B 55/06 (2006.01); B23Q 11/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/16 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/142 (2014.01); B30B 11/00 (2006.01); B65G 53/24 (2006.01); B65G 53/60 (2006.01); B03B 9/06 (2006.01); C22B 1/24 (2006.01); C22B 1/248 (2006.01); B04C 11/00 (2006.01); B07B 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 53/10 (2006.01); B65G 53/46 (2006.01); B65G 53/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B30B 9/327 (2013.01); B03B 9/061 (2013.01); B04C 11/00 (2013.01); B07B 9/00 (2013.01); B23K 26/0093 (2013.01); B23K 26/142 (2015.10); B23K 26/16 (2013.01); B23Q 11/005 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0046 (2013.01); B23Q 11/0057 (2013.01); B24B 55/06 (2013.01); B30B 11/00 (2013.01); B65G 53/06 (2013.01); B65G 53/24 (2013.01); C22B 1/2406 (2013.01); C22B 1/248 (2013.01); B65G 53/10 (2013.01); B65G 53/46 (2013.01); B65G 53/4691 (2013.01); Y10S 29/031 (2013.01); Y10S 29/094 (2013.01); Y10S 82/901 (2013.01); Y10S 100/903 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49753 (2015.01); Y10T 408/50 (2015.01); Y10T 409/304088 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a compact includes removing material from a workpiece, transferring metallic dust released during the material removal into a conduit, operating a plurality of slide gates to selectively control movement of the dust from the conduit to either one of a primary collector and a back-up collector, drawing the dust through the conduit to a compactor, and compacting the dust in the compactor.