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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Redwire Space, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);

Inventors:

Robert White, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jan Clawson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael Snyder, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Assignee:

REDWIRE SPACE, INC., Jacksonville, FL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 5/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract

The system comprises an enclosed centrifuge furnace with a first chamber, a second chamber and a third chamber all of which include and share a tilt axis. The third chamber is concentric with the first chamber and operable at a first temperature to melt a material within the first chamber. The second chamber is concentric with the first chamber and operable at a second temperature lower than the first temperature to cool the material within the first chamber. The system includes a first mechanism to rotate the first, second and third chambers, simultaneously, to create a centrifugal force to maintain the material within the third chamber as the centrifugal force is applied. The system includes a second mechanism to position the tilt axis at an angle which causes the melted material to pour from the third chamber into the second chamber where the material is cooled.


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