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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Petrus H Swinkels, Eindhoven, NL;
Maarten H Zonneveld, Eindhoven, NL;
Henricus J Ligthart, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A blast system for processing components by means of abrasive particles, comprising a hopper (1) for abrasive particles (2), a mixing device (3) formed by a mixing chamber (9) into which an HP-air pipe (10) issues and which in its turn issues into a blast pipe (11), a transport line (5) between the hopper and the mixing chamber, through which line the abrasive particles are transported from the hopper to the mixing chamber, means (6) for generating HP-air (P) which is supplied to the mixing chamber through the HP-air pipe for obtaining a mixture of air and abrasive particles issuing from the blast pipe, and a transport mechanism (4) for transporting the abrasive particles through the transport line. To obtain an energy-efficient system suitable for mass manufacture, the invention is characterized in that the system operates at an absolute pressure (P) of the HP-air of between 2 and 4.5 bar, while a ratio d.sub.1 /d.sub.2 of a smallest diameter d.sub.1 of the HP-air pipe issuing into the mixing chamber to a smallest diameter d.sub.2 of the blast pipe lies between 0.6 and 0.9, while P<13.25-12.5 d.sub.1 /d.sub.2))).