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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2006
Martin Bloemacher, Meckenheim, DE;
Johan Herman Hendrik Ter Matt, Mannheim, DE;
Hans Wohlfromm, Mannheim, DE;
Tsung-chieh Cheng, Heppenheim, DE;
Franz-dieter Martischius, Neustadt, DE;
Arnd Thom, Alzey, DE;
Martin Bloemacher, Meckenheim, DE;
Johan Herman Hendrik ter Matt, Mannheim, DE;
Hans Wohlfromm, Mannheim, DE;
Tsung-Chieh Cheng, Heppenheim, DE;
Franz-Dieter Martischius, Neustadt, DE;
Arnd Thom, Alzey, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The apparatus for the continuous catalytic removal of binder from metallic and/or ceramic shaped bodies produced by powder injection molding, which comprises a binder removal furnace through which the shaped bodies pass in a transport direction and are brought to a suitable process temperature, a feed facility for introduction of a process gas which is required for binder removal and comprises a reactant, at least one facility for the introduction of a protective gas into a reaction space of the binder removal furnace and a flare to burn the gaseous reaction products obtained in binder removal, wherein one or more devices which lead to a flow of the process gas directed transversely to the transport direction in the apparatus are present.