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Title: 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:
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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):
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. Web.
Seals, Roland D, Parrott, Jeffrey G, DeMint, Paul D, Finney, Kevin R, & Blue, Charles T. Heat treatment furnace. United States.
Seals, Roland D, Parrott, Jeffrey G, DeMint, Paul D, Finney, Kevin R, and Blue, Charles T. Tue . "Heat treatment furnace". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1160268.
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