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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Universidade Federal DE Santa Catarina (Ufsc), Florianopolis—Sc, BR;
Whirlpool S.a., São Paulo—Sp, BR;
Roberto Binder, Joinville, BR;
Aloisio Nelmo Klein, Florianopolis, BR;
Cristiano Binder, Florianopolis, BR;
Gisele Hammes, Florianopolis, BR;
Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis—Sc, BR;
Whirlpool S.A., São Paulo—Sp, BR;
Abstract
The plasma reactor comprises a reaction chamber () connectable to a source of ionizable gases () and to a heating device (), said reactor () being subjected to the phases of heating (A), cleaning (L) and/or surface treatment (S), cooling (R), unloading (D) and loading (C) of metallic pieces (). The installation comprises: at least two reactors (), each being selectively and alternately connected to: the same source of ionizable gases (); the same vacuum source (); the same electrical energy source (); and to the same heating device (), the latter being displaceable between operative positions, in each of which surrounding laterally and superiorly a respective reactor (), while the latter is in its heating phase (A) and cleaning phase (L) and/or in the surface treatment phase (S) of the metallic pieces ().