Patents Assigned to Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 6732448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device including a vessel, a vacuum pump (10), at least one condenser (3 and/or 8) and a heat exchanger (16) for heating and drying parts (2) with cellulose or plastic based hygroscopic insulation in transformers, condensers, instrument transformers or electric leadthroughs by means of condensation heat from the steam of a heating fluid (a solvent, kerosine). During heating, at least one higher-boiling second liquid, such as transformer oil, is removed. In order to provide a mobile system enabling local treatment of transformers (2) which are already in operation, the heat exchanger (16) heats the heating fluid in the liquid phase and evaporation occurs near to or in the vessel, for example, via expansion valves (18) and/or in an expansion container or evaporator arranged directly on the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Strzala
  • Patent number: 6306322
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and device for filling at least one casting mould (10) with a castable, liquid compound, in particular casting resin. In order to decrease the mould-occupation time considerably, the reactivity of the casting compound is firstly increased at least during the filling phase for the at least one casting mould (10) by the supply of energy and is then decreased by the removal of energy to a value at which the casting compound has a relatively long service life. Heat exchanges (7) are proposed as means for heating and, if necessary, cooling the casting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Erhard Hauser, Wilhelm Hedrich
  • Patent number: 5591252
    Abstract: A device and a method for the continuous degassing of casting resin. A housing (1) is provided which has an inlet (2) and an outlet (3) for passage of the casting resin and is connected to a vacuum source (4). In order to achieve with a compact design of the housing a complete continuous degassing of the casting resin material, several spatially connected areas (5) are provided in the housing (1), through which areas the casting resin is sequentially guided. A structure (6; 14; 16; 35) for applying the casting resin to a degassing surface (40) are provided in each of the areas. A brush or comb 42 is provided for slicing through the casting resin so that new surfaces in the casting resin are created which are sufficient to enhance any gas contained within the casting resin to surface and be removed from the vessel through the connection to the vacuum source. A transferring structure is provided for transferring the casting resin into the next adjacent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Erhard Haeuser
  • Patent number: 5551486
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for filling casting molds with casting resin or similar casting ready liquid media using a feed system including pumps or a pressurized vessel. In order to carry out mold filling in a prep-programmed and precisely reproducible manner, regarding the filling rate, the casting resin is fed according to a predetermined filling function of the quantity of casting resin per unit time (filling rate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Erhard Hauser, Hans-Joachim Steindorf
  • Patent number: 5545029
    Abstract: Equipment, in particular pressure gelling equipment, is provided to fill one or more casting molds with castable, liquid materials of which the components are fed by pumps through closable conduits to at least one plunger-cylinder system from where the components are moved to a mixing chamber and from there to the particular casting mold. In order to process especially abrasive casting materials of high viscosity and short pot life, the invention provides that at least one plunger-cylinder system be operated at a pressure substantially higher than are the pumps and that the mixing-chamber volume be comparatively slight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Erhard Hauser
  • Patent number: 5409523
    Abstract: A device and a method for the continuous degassing of casting resin comprising a housing (1) which has an inlet (2) and an outlet (3) for passage of the casting resin and is connected to a vacuum source (4). In order to achieve with a compact design of the housing a complete continuous degassing of the casting resin material, several separate but spatially connected areas (5) are provided in the housing (1), through which areas the casting resin is sequentially guided. A structure (6; 14; 16; 35) for applying the casting resin to a degassing surface (40) are provided in each of the areas. A stripping structure (7; 17; 35; 37) is provided in each of the areas for removing the casting resin from the degassing surfaces and simultaneously transferring the casting resin into the next adjacent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Erhard Haeuser
  • Patent number: 5257722
    Abstract: A device for filling one or more molds with flowable materials. The device includes several storage tanks (1) for the respective individual components, with each storage tank (1) being connected to one or more flow mixers (4) through a pump mechanism (2) and at least one valve mechanism (3), the casting port (5) of which flow mixers is connected to a mold (6). In order to enable both short inlet paths of the individual synthetic resin components and also a precise, uniform supply of the components to the flow mixers (4), the invention provides that the storage tank (1) and the pump mechanism (2) are combined into one structural unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerd Neff, Erhard Haeuser
  • Patent number: 5147660
    Abstract: A device for filling molds with a casting resin or the like. An elastic casting container, with at least one fill and discharge opening, is arranged in the pressure box, which casting container selectively receives the casting resin therein from a feed pipe and delivers the casting resin to the mold through a fill pipe. The casting container is emptied by a pressure buildup inside of the pressure box, either by means of a gaseous or a liquid pressure medium. In this manner, the casting container can be loaded with the casting resin such that a renewed gas loading of the already degassed casting resin prior to the filling of the mold no longer occurs, while simultaneously limiting cleaning operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Steindorf
  • Patent number: 4741623
    Abstract: Casting resin components (4,5) coming together in a mixer (6) are dosed and circulated by means of pump structures (3). Each pump structure (3) has a dosing pump (17, 9) and a circulating pump (16, 10). The piston (17) of the dosing pump (17, 9) does not leave its cylinder bore (9) during a pure circulation operation, while the piston (16) of the circulating pump (16, 10) alternately exits from its cylinder (10) and again moves into same.Since the same drive is used for the circulating pump (16, 10) and the dosing pump (17, 9), the expense of the system is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Erhard Haeuser, Frank Duchscherer
  • Patent number: 4391529
    Abstract: An apparatus for mixing and degassing components of synthetic resins includes an evacuatable, cylindrical, downwardly tapering container, a worm conveyor centrally, rotatably supported in the container and a drive mechanism therefor, a cylindrical guide tube closely surrounding the worm conveyor, agitating arms secured to the lower end of the worm conveyor and extending outwardly and upwardly adjacent the walls of the container, and collecting arms secured to the lower end of the guide tube and extending outwardly and upwardly adjacent the agitating arms, each collecting arm having a collecting opening therein which faces opposite the direction of rotation of the agitating arms and is in communication with the interior of the guide tube. Each collecting arm preferably has a plurality of upright baffle members mounted thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Hedrich, Heinz Krumm, Erhard Haeuser
  • Patent number: 4317647
    Abstract: A dosing system for one or more fluent materials, such as the components of an epoxy resin, has a support carrying a lever to which are attached at different locations the piston rods of one or more independent master cylinders. Respective conduits connect these master cylinders to respective slave cylinders in turn connected to respective stroke-type dosing pumps. The intakes of those pumps are connected to respective supplies of fluent materials and the outputs are connected to a common mixing recipient. A power cylinder connected between the lever and the support can therefore operate the master cylinders jointly to synchronously operate the respective slave cylinders and pumps to deliver to the mixing recipient volumes of the respective materials that form a ratio corresponding to that of the distances between the attachment locations for the respective master-cylinder piston rods on the lever and the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1982
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Erhard Hauser
  • Patent number: 4307760
    Abstract: Flowable thermosetting synthetic-resin material is fed to a plurality of pressurizable buffer compartments and then to a plurality of respective molds having differently dimensioned mold cavities. Each of these compartments is pressurized so as to maintain pressure on the molten material in the respective molds during the molding and curing operation, during which time the pumps that feed the material to the compartments may be stopped. Each of the buffer compartments has sensing means which operate the pumps of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Wilhelm Hedrich Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Erhard Hauser