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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Ronald D. Ott, Knoxville, TN (US);
Craig A. Blue, Knoxville, TN (US);
Nancy J. Dudney, Knoxville, TN (US);
David C. Harper, Kingston, TN (US);
Inventors:
Ronald D. Ott, Knoxville, TN (US);
Craig A. Blue, Knoxville, TN (US);
Nancy J. Dudney, Knoxville, TN (US);
David C. Harper, Kingston, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of thermally processing a material includes exposing the material to at least one pulse of infrared light emitted from a directed plasma arc to thermally process the material, the pulse having a duration of no more than 10 s.