Heat treatment furnace
Abstract
A furnace heats through both infrared radiation and convective air utilizing an infrared/purge gas design that enables improved temperature control to enable more uniform treatment of workpieces. The furnace utilizes lamps, the electrical end connections of which are located in an enclosure outside the furnace chamber, with the lamps extending into the furnace chamber through openings in the wall of the chamber. The enclosure is purged with gas, which gas flows from the enclosure into the furnace chamber via the openings in the wall of the chamber so that the gas flows above and around the lamps and is heated to form a convective mechanism in heating parts.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1160268
- Patent Number(s):
- 8865058
- Application Number:
- 13/086,840
- Assignee:
- Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Reston, VA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F27 - FURNACES F27B - FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F27 - FURNACES F27D - DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22800
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2011 Apr 14
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Seals, Roland D, Parrott, Jeffrey G, DeMint, Paul D, Finney, Kevin R, and Blue, Charles T. Heat treatment furnace. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Seals, Roland D, Parrott, Jeffrey G, DeMint, Paul D, Finney, Kevin R, & Blue, Charles T. Heat treatment furnace. United States.
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"Heat treatment furnace". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1160268.
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