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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Joseph Stonitsch, Greenville, SC (US);
George Albert Goller, Greenville, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 1/00 (2006.01); B03C 1/02 (2006.01); B03C 1/10 (2006.01); B03C 1/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 1/02 (2013.01); B03C 1/10 (2013.01); B03C 1/247 (2013.01); B03C 2201/20 (2013.01); B03C 2201/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of separating a powder mixture is disclosed. A first magnetic field is applied to the powder mixture which may contains a non-magnetic metal powder and a contaminant powder. A field strength of the first magnetic field magnetizes the non-magnetic metal powder and leaves the contaminant powder non-magnetized. A second magnetic field is applied to the powder mixture to separate the magnetized metal powder from the non-magnetized contaminant powder.