Patents Issued in May 2, 2024
  • Publication number: 20240139776
    Abstract: A separation system suitable for separating a dry or dried infill preferably including rubber and/or sand, into a plurality of fractions, the separation system includes a first screening means configured to receive a first set of separation screens said set of separation screens being configured to separate infill into a first plurality of fractions, wherein the separation system further includes a pre-analysis unit, a database and a processing unit configured to calculate correlation coefficients and/or deviation values between the first set of composition values and a plurality of second sets of composition values of the database; and a method for separating a dry or dried infill having a composition of materials, preferably including rubber and sand, into a plurality of fractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Re-Match Holding A/S
    Inventors: Martin Welling SØRENSEN, Rasmus DAMHUS
  • Publication number: 20240139777
    Abstract: A separation apparatus for separating berries from other plant matter from harvested plant material, the apparatus comprising a conveyor system that defines a first separation system, a second separation system located at least partially above the first separation system comprising an array of rotatable rollers to convey harvested plant material in an upstream to downstream direction, the rollers spaced apart to provide a plurality of openings permitting the transit of separated berries through the berries while preventing the transit of other plant matter, a third separation system in the form of a de-stemming unit downstream of the second separation system, a plant matter distribution system, for distributing plant matter away from the collection apparatus, wherein berries pass through any one or more of the first, second and third separation systems for collection in the collection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Malcolm Villis
  • Publication number: 20240139778
    Abstract: Apparatuses, method and computer program products for automatically performing sorting operations are disclosed herein. An example apparatus may comprise: an array of gripping elements, and at least one processing component configured to: obtain image data corresponding with the plurality of items; identify, from the image data, one or more characteristics of the plurality of items; determine, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics, an ordered sequence corresponding with the plurality of items; and generate a control indication to cause at least one of the gripping elements to perform the sorting operations based at least in part on the ordered sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Wicks, David Pepley
  • Publication number: 20240139779
    Abstract: Disclosed are a visual verification system for medication, medication prescription verification, and alternative medication recommendation. A visual verification system may include a medication sorting device that has a medication entry; a moving part configured to receive the plurality of medications from the medication entry at a first location and move the plurality of medications to a second location; a fixed part disposed adjacent the moving part and configured to interact with the plurality of medications, as the plurality of medications are moved to the second location, in order to generate a sequence of axially spaced apart medications. For instance, a method may include receive, from camera(s), a plurality of images of a plurality of medications; determine, based on the plurality of images, features of at least a first medication of the plurality of medications; and determine an identity of at least the first medication based on the features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Mediosis, LLC
    Inventors: Venkat Rao, Jacob Awkal
  • Publication number: 20240139780
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning member includes: a first member including a first contact surface, wherein the first member is configured to clean or polish a main surface of a substrate by moving the first contact surface along the main surface while the first contact surface is in contact with the main surface; a second member including a second contact surface, wherein the second member is configured to clean the main surface by moving the second contact surface along the main surface while the second contact surface is in contact with the main surface; a lower-layer member configured to support the second member such that the second contact surface protrudes beyond the first contact surface in an axial direction in which the predetermined axis extends; and a base configured to support the first member, the second member and the lower-layer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Kento KURUSU, Akihiro KUBO, Noboru NAKASHIMA, Yasunari KASAI
  • Publication number: 20240139781
    Abstract: A flowback tank cleaning system and method is described. A flowback tank includes a self-cleaning system. A flowback tank cleaning method may include moving solid debris collected at a bottom of a collection section of a flowback tank towards a lift auger using a cleaning auger or a conveyer belt extending along a length of the collection section, the bottom of the collection section including an angled trough, funneling solid debris towards the cleaning auger or conveyor belt by placing the cleaning auger or conveyor belt at a base of the angled trough, spraying fluid downward through a series of fluid outlets, removing the sand so moved by the cleaning auger or conveyer belt from the flowback tank using the lift auger, and removing the fluid from the flowback tank using a drain manifold below the cleaning auger or conveyer belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: BRODEY W. DAVIS, JAY C. ROBINSON, BRANDON J. CROSSLEY, COREY L. HOBBS, JOHNNY T. GAULF, BILLY C. ROWELL, BRATON DANIELSON
  • Publication number: 20240139782
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate processing device, a polishing device, and a substrate processing method. The substrate processing device includes a processing module for processing the substrate with a liquid, and a gas-liquid separation tank connected to the exhaust outlet of the processing module, which separates the liquid from the exhaust received from the processing module and releases the exhaust into an exhaust duct. The gas-liquid separation tank includes a tank body, a heat exchanger arranged inside the tank body and cools the exhaust, and an air nozzle arranged inside the tank body and supplies air to cool the exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: KOHEI SATO, KOICHI FUKAYA, HIROKI TAKAHASHI, DAICHI KONDO
  • Publication number: 20240139783
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensor window including a substrate and a plurality of electrodes applied to the substrate, a sensing device movable relative to the sensor window and having a field of view through the sensor window in at least one position, and a computer communicatively coupled to the sensing device and the electrodes. The computer is programmed to activate the electrodes in a sequence that electrostatically moves a droplet on the sensor window, and the sequence is coordinated with movement of the sensing device relative to the sensor window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raghuraman Surineedi, Segundo Baldovino, Venkatesh Krishnan, Giridharan Nammalwar
  • Publication number: 20240139784
    Abstract: A heat exchanger cleaner apparatus for spraying a cleaning composition into an interior of an air handler of an air conditioning system includes a spray outlet assembly, a pump device, and a controller. The spray outlet assembly is configured to be inserted into the interior of the air handler to be directly exposed to an outer surface of a heat exchanger of the air handler. The pump device is configured to pump an amount of the cleaning composition through the spray outlet assembly such that the spray outlet assembly sprays the amount of the cleaning composition as a fluid stream. The controller is configured to operate the pump device to cause the amount of the cleaning composition to be supplied through the spray outlet assembly without manual intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph McDonnell
  • Publication number: 20240139785
    Abstract: The present application relates to a pipe cleaner and a pipeline cleaning system, the pipe cleaner is applied to a to-be-cleaned pipeline, the pipe cleaner may comprise a body, and a cleaning portion may be arranged on the surface of the body; wherein the cleaning portion may be configured as a conductive structure, and when the body moves along the pipeline, the cleaning portion can push out dust particles in the pipeline to the tail end of the pipeline and guide out static electricity generated by friction with the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang SHE, Sanliu HUANG, Longchang SUN, Guangcheng ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20240139786
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a stator including a front portion optionally with a first nozzle configured to direct an optional first stream of a cleaning fluid in a forward direction of the nozzle assembly, a rear portion including a second nozzle configured to direct a second stream of the cleaning fluid rearward of the nozzle assembly, a rotor disposed between the front portion and the rear portion along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly and including a third nozzle configured to direct a third stream of the cleaning fluid; and a magnetic brake disposed between the stator and rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Marc Taylor, Jeffrey David Boily
  • Publication number: 20240139787
    Abstract: A liquification system for an organic waste management system includes a hopper that is oriented vertically such that organic waste added to the hopper is biased by gravity toward a bottom end of the hopper; an agitator that is disposed within the hopper and is movable in a first rotational direction that moves organic waste downward and in a second rotational direction that moves organic waste upward; a motor configured to selectively move the agitator in the first and second rotational directions under control of the controller; and a side grinding and drainage system disposed toward the bottom end of the hopper and preferably on a tapered portion of the hopper for grinding and liquefying organic waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: BioGreen 360, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian J. Black, Thomas A. Brown, Justin C. J. Rosberg, SR., Paul R. Salibe, JR., Zachary C. Doyon, Ralph E. Faia, JR., Ralph E. Faia, III, Marc Faia
  • Publication number: 20240139788
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for converting waste solid sustainable carbon material to chemical products is described herein. The methods add hydrocarbon derived from fossil sources to gas derived from gasifying waste solid sustainable carbon material to enhance hydrogen availability, and in some cases carbon availability, for production of the chemical products. Biomass is used to provide energy to dry waste solid sustainable carbon material to form dry sustainable carbon material to gasify. Carbon dioxide made by the process is at least partially sequestered to yield a chemical manufacturing process with environmental burden substantially less than conventional processes. Use of the hydrocarbon boosts yield of final products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Aether Fuels Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Conor F. Madigan
  • Publication number: 20240139789
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to systems and methods of enzymatic degradation of crystallizable polymers or copolymers and PC/IPM containing crystallizable polymers or copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hernan Garate, Ludwik Leibler, Clément Freymond, Andrew Griffiths, Louise Bréloy, Brian Mansaku, Jack Pallis
  • Publication number: 20240139790
    Abstract: A composite biochar for controlling heavy metal pollution and a process for producing the same, in particular enrichment of heavy metals such as arsenic and lead in soil with centipede grass, thereafter centipede grass is sintered with hydroxyapatite, sepiolite and chitosan, and compounded with microorganisms to produce said composite biochar; through the process of the present invention, heavy metals such as arsenic and lead are stably enriched or coated in said composite biochar, significantly reducing the potential hazard of arsenic and lead to the environment, and also providing new developmental ideas for treating heavy metal biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Lei WANG, Beidou XI, Yangyang WANG, Yan SHAO, Nan XU, Shaofeng LI, Xiaoshu WANG, Jinsheng WANG, Ming CHANG, Gen ZHANG, Lulu PAN, Kui ZHANG, Honghu ZENG
  • Publication number: 20240139791
    Abstract: A process and assembly for flanging or hemming an edge of an aluminum casted article, including positioning each of a heating element and a holding pad in proximity to an extending edge of the casted article, heating the edge of the casted article corresponding to the placement of the heating element, and then applying a roller or flattening tool having a contact portion for engaging and bending the heated edge until reformed into a final bent or folded profile. Additional steps include repositioning the at least one heating element or positioning at least one additional heating element at a further location of the casted article, following which a subsequent trimming or final fabricating step is employed to complete the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: VINCENT MILLIOTO
  • Publication number: 20240139792
    Abstract: A portable tubing bender configured to automatically bend a portion of tubing according to a defined set of bend specifications, including a desired number of bends and a desired angle for each bend. The portable tubing bender including a driver configured to rotate a driven shaft and a first rotational output, a reductive gear set operably coupling the driven shaft to an output shaft, a bender shoe couplable to the output shaft, the bender shoe defining an arcuate channel configured to receive tubing during bending operations, and an automatic feed mechanism configured to advance the tubing relative to the bender shoe from an initial position to a bend position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: BROCHMAN INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Todd Brochman
  • Publication number: 20240139793
    Abstract: A mobile flanging machine for pipes has a portable frame on which a drive is mounted, which drives a roller via a transmission, and an adjustment mechanism fixed to the frame, on which a counter-pressure roller is movably held, wherein a bent flange can be produced on the pipe end by inserting a pipe end into a gap between the roller and the counterpressure roller. A method for assembling the mobile flanging machine involves transporting and setting up a frame with a rotatably mounted roller and an adjustment mechanism on which a counterpressure roller is movably held, transporting a drive with a first coupling part to the frame, connecting the first coupling part to a second coupling part for driving the roller, and fixing the drive to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Fr. Jacob Söhne GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Adrian THIESSEN, Peter DICK, Korab KELMENDI, Kai GRADERT
  • Publication number: 20240139794
    Abstract: A formed article having a polygonal tube shape is produced by performing polygonal tube deep drawing on a blank made of a steel sheet, the formed article including a bottom surface part having a polygonal shape, a side wall including a straight side part continuous with a side of the bottom surface part and a vertical ridge connecting ends, in the right-left direction, of adjacent straight side parts, and a flange continuous with the side wall. A side of a flange region to become the flange in the blank includes a notch, and the notch is formed on the side of a part of the flange region, the part being continuous with a region at a position closer to the vertical ridge than a position of a central part in the right-left direction in the straight side part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Kinya Nakagawa, Toyohisa Shinmiya
  • Publication number: 20240139795
    Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided. A preform is arranged over a surface of an inner mold line. The preform is folded over sides of the inner mold line. An end of the preform is clamped to a floating plate using a bladder-activated clamp. The floating plate is translated in a first direction to tension the preform into a shaped body. A plurality of compressing bladders are activated to apply compressive forces to the preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Rohr Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay V. Pujar, Katherine E. Waugh, Christopher C. Koroly
  • Publication number: 20240139796
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for the production of tear-off lids (27), in which a tear-off film (24) is sealed or glued onto the upper side thereof on a sealing surface (18) arranged around a removal opening (17). The apparatus includes a conveying device (13) for lid blanks (9), lid rings (8), and tear-off lids (27), as well as processing stations (14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29) which are provided in succession in the conveying direction for processing the lid blanks (9), lid rings (8), and tear-off lids (27) and form a processing zone of the apparatus (1) extending in the conveying direction. At least some of the processing stations (14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29) have lifting tables (5) for receiving lower machining tools which, in the intended operation of the apparatus (1), execute an intermittent upward and downward movement along lifting table guides (6) and, in doing so, work with the lower machining tools from below against associated upper machining tools which are supported on stationary yokes (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: François CHEVALLEY, Tobias HAAS, Patrick JAQUES
  • Publication number: 20240139797
    Abstract: A device for clinch joining a component, including a retaining portion for positioning the device at a holder and a main body with a die unit and a punch unit, the main body being mounted on the retaining portion by a bearing point. A drive unit reversibly drives a linearly movable actuating element coupled to a punch or to a die element, along a joining axis of the device to act on the component present between the punch unit and the die unit. The main body moves relative to the retaining portion at the bearing point. A control apparatus between the actuating element and the retaining portion positions the main body relative to the retaining portion in accordance with the position of the actuating element along the joining axis as a result of the driven movement of the actuating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOX PRESSOTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus MANZ, Michael BADENT, Berno MAUCHER
  • Publication number: 20240139798
    Abstract: A rolling machine has a rolling die 4 that forms a male screw by pressing a steering shaft 14 which is an object to be rolled and plastically deforming an outer peripheral surface of the steering shaft 14 while rotating in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the steering shaft 14, a main spindle 3 inserted into a penetration hole 10 of the rolling die 4 and transmitting a rotation force to the rolling die 4, a key groove and a key which restrict a relative rotation between the rolling die 4 and the main spindle 3, a spiral oil groove 16 provided on an inner peripheral surface of the penetration hole 10 or an outer peripheral surface of the main spindle and extending from one end portion 10b side in an axial direction of the penetration hole in an inner axial direction of the penetration hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kinichi HASHIMOTO, Keisuke KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240139799
    Abstract: An ultrasonic-assisted permeation and homogenization molding device and method for frozen printing liquid drops are provided. The device includes an ultrasonic generator, a transducer and an amplitude-change pole. The ultrasonic generator generates 20 KHz low-frequency ultrasonic waves, and a flange plate is arranged on a pitch surface of the amplitude-change pole and connected with an outer cavity wall of the low-temperature molding chamber by threads. According to the ultrasonic-assisted permeation and homogenization molding method for frozen printing liquid drops, pre-paved molding sand particles are homogenized and distributed under ultrasonic vibration by adjusting the frequency of the ultrasonic generator in a sand paving process. When a pure water binder is sprayed, liquid drops are sprayed to the surface of premixed molding sand, and then permeate to the bottom of pre-cooled molding sand under the assistance of low-frequency ultrasonic waves to freeze and solidify.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Zhongde SHAN, Haoqin YANG, Jianpei SHI, Qinjiang LIU, Yufeng DAI, Wanneng LIAO
  • Publication number: 20240139800
    Abstract: A hybrid method of casting a metal product is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a product design, creating a mold insert based on the product design, creating a mold base based on the product design, assembling the mold insert with the mold base to form an assembled mold, casting the metal product with the assembled mold, and post-processing the metal product. In some embodiments, creating a mold insert includes generating printing instructions for a mold insert based on the product design and printing a mold insert configured to mate with a product mold (for example, a mold produced by traditional sand molding processes) based on the printing instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yurij F. WOWCZUK, Jake A. VARGO, Bernard A. KUHN, JR., Gregory Allen GEERS
  • Publication number: 20240139801
    Abstract: A flux feeding apparatus 10 for delivering flux to a mold 13 during a continuous casting process is described. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of silos 20a-20c each containing a different flux or flux component; a receiver 52 for receiving process parameters of the casting process; and a controller 44 which is configured to: analyse the process parameters received by the receiver 52; determine whether a current flux composition is appropriate for the received process parameters; and if the current flux composition is not appropriate for the received process parameters, change the delivery of flux or flux components from the plurality of silos to provide a required flux composition to the mold 13 for the received parameters. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Michael ZINNI
  • Publication number: 20240139802
    Abstract: A die casting mold includes a mold frame with at least two mold inserts and with at least one slider, the mold frame comprising a frame pocket for arranging the at least two mold inserts and the at least one slider, the at least two mold inserts delimiting a cavity with an undercut corresponding to the at least one slider, the mold frame comprising a first and a second mold frame halves disposed on opposite sides of a parting plane. At least one of the first and the second mold frame halves is formed by a plurality of mold frame parts connected to one another in a form-fitting manner, one of the plurality of mold frame parts having a locking surface, which, as viewed along a locking axis, is effective as a slider lock against a displacement of the at least one slider directed outwardly as viewed from the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Siegfried Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20240139803
    Abstract: A die-casting aluminum alloy without heat-treatment and a preparation method and application thereof. Based on a total weight of the die-casting aluminum alloy, the die-casting aluminum alloy includes: 6.0 to 8.0 wt % of Si; 0.3 to 1.2 wt % of Mg; 0.4 to 0.8 wt % of Cu; 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Fe; 0.6 to 0.8 wt % of Mn; 0.05 to 0.20 wt % of Ti; 0.03 to 0.07 wt % of Sr; 0.03 to 0.07 wt % of Ce; 0.01 to 0.04 wt % of La; 0.01 to 0.1 wt % of Zr; less than or equal to 0.01 wt % of other impurity elements; and a balance of Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Xinxing WU, Dong YANG, Yongchang BAI
  • Publication number: 20240139804
    Abstract: Copper particles are provided mainly containing a copper element. In the copper particles, a ratio (S1/B) of a first crystallite size S1 to a particle size B is 0.23 or less, where the first crystallite size is obtained using Scherrer equation from a full width at half maximum of a peak derived from (111) plane of copper in X-ray diffraction measurement, and the particle size is calculated from a BET specific surface area. In the copper particles, a ratio (S1/S2) of the first crystallite size S1 to a second crystallite size S2 is 1.35 or less, where the second crystallite size is obtained using Scherrer equation from a full width at half maximum of a peak derived from (220) plane of copper in X-ray diffraction measurement. A method for manufacturing the copper particles is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Mizuki AKIZAWA, Hitohiko IDE, Takafumi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240139805
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for sintering. The device for sintering comprises an electrically conductive first component, an electrically conductive second component and at least one electrically conductive surface element for heating a green body to be sintered. The first component and the second component are movable relative to each other and/or relative to the surface element such that an electrical circuit comprising the first component, the surface element and the second component can be closed by the relative movement. In this way, a rapid sintering process is enabled on an industrial scale. The device can be integrated in a particularly simple manner into existing sintering plants, for example, a FAST/SPS sintering plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tarini Prasad MISHRA, Martin BRAM, Olivier GUILLON, Ralf STEINERT
  • Publication number: 20240139806
    Abstract: Techniques for depowdering in additive fabrication are provided. According to some aspects, techniques are provided that separate powder from additively fabricated parts through liquid immersion of the parts. Motion of the liquid, such as liquid currents, may dislodge or otherwise move powder away from additively fabricated parts to which it is adhered or otherwise proximate to. The liquid may also provide a vehicle to carry away powder from the additively fabricated parts. Removed powder may be filtered or otherwise separated from the liquid to allow recirculation of the liquid to the parts and/or to enable re-use of the powder in subsequent additive fabrication processes. Techniques for depowdering through liquid immersion may be automated, thereby mitigating challenges associated with manual depowdering operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Desktop Metal, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamison Go, Daniel Sachs, Robert J. Nick, Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Michael Goldblatt
  • Publication number: 20240139807
    Abstract: A cutting tool insert has an optimal hardness and high toughness for demanding cutting operations in hardened steel and cast iron. The cutting tool includes a substrate of cemented carbide where the cemented carbide has hard constituents of tungsten carbide (WC) and a (Co) binder phase, chromium (Cr) and at least one additional element from the group: Vanadium (V), Niobium (Nb), Molybdenum (Mo) and Iron (Fe). The cemented carbide further has a Co-content of 3.50-4.20 wt % of the cemented carbide, a Cr-content of 0.31-0.38 wt % of the cemented carbide, a WC-content of at least 95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jesper STJERNBERG
  • Publication number: 20240139808
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a labyrinth seal for a turbine through the additive manufacturing of martensitic stainless steel using 3D printing, the method including the steps of: making a ring-shaped body of the labyrinth seal by means of centrifugal casting or a ring mill and a labyrinth part protruding from one surface of the ring-shaped body of the labyrinth seal by means of the 3D printing; and depositing a bonding layer onto top of the ring-shaped body to improve a bonding force between the ring-shaped body and the labyrinth part, the bonding layer having a composition similar to the composition of the metal powder or metal wire used in the 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun Ki KANG, Sam Sub BYUN, Taek Ho CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20240139809
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for preparing high-purity spherical magnesium and/or high-purity magnesium powder are provided. The apparatus includes a vertical furnace body, a heating zone, and a condensing zone, where a periphery of the condensing zone is provided with a first thermal insulation device and a second thermal insulation device sequentially from bottom to top, and each of the first thermal insulation device and the second thermal insulation device is removably arranged; the periphery of the condensing zone is further provided with a liquid cooling device; a gas inlet and a gas outlet are formed in the condensing zone; and an inner wall of the condensing zone is provided with an arrangement structure configured to arrange a collection device. A heating temperature of a material and condensation conditions in the condensing zone are controlled to make an evaporated magnesium vapor condensed on the collection device in the condensing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yang TIAN, Dong LIANG, Bin YANG, Baoqiang XU, Dachun LIU, Fei WANG, Yifu LI, Wenlong JIANG, Yong DENG, Jian WU, Lipeng WANG
  • Publication number: 20240139810
    Abstract: A method includes binder jet printing a metal alloy powder or a metal powder mixture to form a green interconnect, debinding the green interconnect, and sintering the green interconnect to form a metal alloy interconnect for an electrochemical stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Adam BYRD
  • Publication number: 20240139811
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for evaluating the susceptibility of hot cracking in an additive manufacturing process. A first end of a substrate is interconnected to a base and one of the base and a deposition device is moved in a first direction and the second end of the substrate is pulled. A powder is dispensed at a selected rate and an energy bean having an adjustable power density is direct at the powder to melt the powder to form a material which is deposited as a layer of a material on the substrate. During the deposition process or during the deposition of the material on a subsequent substrate, one or more parameters/conditions are varied to determine the point at which hot cracking occurs during the deposition process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Sindo Kou
  • Publication number: 20240139812
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for fabricating a nitrogenous steel material (200). The method comprises preparing a material powder in a powder reservoir (120) of an additive manufacturing apparatus (100). The material powder comprises: a metal powder comprising iron; and an alloying powder comprising nitrogen. The method further comprises performing an additive manufacturing process under atmospheric pressure, the additive manufacturing process comprising: displacing layers of the material powder from the powder reservoir (120) to a build platform (130) of the additive manufacturing apparatus (100); and fusing the layers of material powder on the build platform (130) to fabricate the nitrogenous steel material (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Baisong CHENG, Pei WANG, Cheng Cheh Dennis TAN, Kwang Boon Desmond LAU, Fengxia WEI
  • Publication number: 20240139813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an eccentric extreme high-speed-rate laser hybrid manufacturing method for a rotary engineering component. By positioning an extreme high-speed-rate laser direct energy deposition machining head at a predetermined eccentric distance, the damage caused by reflected light to the machining head is effectively reduced, to prolong a service life of the machining head. Also a conventional form of a molten pool in extreme high-speed-rate laser direct energy deposition can be changed, namely from a “falling” form caused by a high-speed movement and a gravity to a “climbing” form. Thus, in extreme high-speed-rate laser direct energy deposition machining, the molten pool has a longer time to fully contact a surface of the rotary engineering component to form desirable bonding performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Jinzhong LU, Xiang XU, Kaiyu LUO, Jialong DU, Xingyu BU
  • Publication number: 20240139814
    Abstract: A generatively manufactured object includes at least one functional region. The at least one functional region has a supporting function. The at least one functional region is removed using a tool after manufacture. The at least one functional region with a supporting function is removed using a radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Tammuz NOBEL
  • Publication number: 20240139815
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing development method includes predicting a defect that occurs in a product based on a combination of a plurality of design data and a plurality of manufacturing conditions, collecting defect detection data for defect detection by monitoring the product during manufacturing in accordance with the combination of the plurality of design data and the plurality of manufacturing conditions, and generating a process map in which the plurality of manufacturing conditions are plotted using the predicted defect and the collected defect detection data. The method further includes collecting defect repair data for defect repair by monitoring the product during manufacturing and repairing a defect detected from the product, and storing the defect and the defect repair data in association with each other using the defect repair data and a repair result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR FUTURE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Inventors: Kenta AOYAGI, Akihiko CHIBA, Hideki KYOGOKU, Shin-ichi KITAMURA, Michiaki HASHITANI
  • Publication number: 20240139816
    Abstract: A powder additive manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of molding stages, a stage conveyance mechanism, and a plurality of elevation control mechanisms. Each of the plurality of molding stages includes a main surface over which powder can be placed, the powder being an object to be processed. The stage conveyance mechanism conveys the plurality of molding stages in a process proceeding direction in a processing area including a plurality of processing sections in which the plurality of molding stages are arranged along the process proceeding direction. The plurality of elevation control mechanisms control heights of the plurality of molding stages, respectively, in the processing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Naoki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20240139817
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for building three-dimensional objects includes a powder source containing a powder material and a cylindrically-shaped substrate rotatable about a rotational axis. The substrate is provided in operative association with the powder source such that rotation of the substrate relative to the powder source about the rotational axis results in a layer of powder material being deposited relative to at least a portion of an outer surface of the substrate. The system also includes a fusion/binder source configured to cause the powder material deposited relative to the substrate to be fused or adhered together, and a computing system configured to control an operation of the fusion/binder source as the substrate is rotated about the rotational axis to generate a three-dimensional object relative to the outer surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: YUEFENG LUO
  • Publication number: 20240139818
    Abstract: An atomization device includes a container and an atomization system. The container is sized and configured to be located within a build chamber of an additive manufacturing apparatus. The container includes a container opening in a top thereof. The container opening is sized and configured to receive an energy source of the additive manufacturing apparatus extended through the container opening or sized and configured to permit passage of energy from the energy source through the container opening. The atomization system includes a target substrate support including a device to vibrate the target substrate positioned within the container and is configured to cooperate with the additive manufacturing apparatus and utilize the energy to atomize a target substrate within the container. An additive manufacturing system and a method for atomizing a target substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Joshua N. Zelina
  • Publication number: 20240139819
    Abstract: A gas manifold for single-nozzle deposition chambers comprising a base having a top surface and bottom surface defining a thickness; a primary nozzle having an inlet and outlet extending through the thickness of the base; and a secondary nozzle having an inlet extending partially through the top surface of the base and at least one channel extending a distance from a sidewall of the base having an outlet, the channel in fluid communication with the inlet of the secondary nozzle. The inlet of the primary nozzle has a hollow protrusion extending from the top surface of the base into the gas feed. The channel of the secondary nozzle includes a bend between the sidewall of the base and the outlet configured to pass between a first direct energy source and second direct energy source, the first energy source and second energy source disposed on a top wall of a chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: James J. Murray, Shashwat Swami Jaiswal, Rajesh Kumar Venkata Gadamsetty, Hiteshkumar Rameshchandra Mistry
  • Publication number: 20240139820
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing systems, apparatuses, software, and methods for the production of at least one requested 3D object. The 3D printer includes a material conveyance system, filtering system, and/or an unpacking station. The material conveyance system may transport pre-transformed material (e.g., powder) against gravity. The 3D printing described herein facilitated reducing interruptions of (e.g., providing non interrupted) (ii) material recycling, and/or (i) material dispensing through a component of the 3D printer such as a layer dispenser. The material conveyance system may operate above ambient pressure, e.g., while performing a suction operation. The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for controlling and/or treating gas and gas borne debris in an atmosphere of a 3D printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew TRALONGO, Benyamin BULLER, Michael Christopher ST DENNIS, Stephan ANDREWS, Thomas BREZOCZKY, Yacov ELGAR, Richard ROMANO, Darin BIRTWHISTLE, James FRECHMAN, Alan Rick LAPPEN
  • Publication number: 20240139821
    Abstract: The present aspects include a system for de-powdering a three-dimensionally (3D) printed structure. The structure comprising a first component holder configured to removably hold the 3D printed structure at an initial orientation with respect to at least one opening to a hollow portion within the 3D printed structure; a fluid system configured control a fluid to at least apply the fluid to the hollow portion or remove the fluid from the hollow portion to remove a powder from the hollow portion; and a movement system configured to move at least the 3D printed structure or the fluid system according to a movement procedure based on a configuration of the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Thomas KENWORTHY, Bahram ISSARI, Taylor Caitlin DOTY, Konstantin WIPLINGER
  • Publication number: 20240139822
    Abstract: A roll mold manufacturing method using a roll mold manufacturing apparatus, the apparatus comprising a rotary device configured to rotate a roll base material having either a tubular shape or a circular-column shape, and a predetermined machining stage comprising multiple cutting blades, the method comprising: a P cutting step of cutting a roll base material surface with a P cutting blade on the machining stage while moving the machining stage in a direction of an orientation P along the roll length direction; subsequently a step of switching from the P cutting blade to an N cutting blade on the machining stage; and subsequently an N cutting step of cutting the roll base material surface with the N cutting blade on the machining stage while moving the machining stage in a direction of another orientation N along the roll length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro DOI, Kazuhiko NODA
  • Publication number: 20240139823
    Abstract: A lathe system capable of manufacturing a long product from a bar by performing a grip change by a spindle during a machining cycle, the long product being of a length exceeding a movable range of the spindle, the spindle releasably gripping the bar and moving in a Z1-axis direction of the bar. The lathe system includes a pusher capable of moving in the Z1-axis direction together with the bar. The lathe system further includes a bar length shortage prior determination unit that determines whether the pusher is in a position permitting the grip change to be performed during the machining cycle. The determination is made prior to the start of the machining cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: SHOTA ATSUHARA
  • Publication number: 20240139824
    Abstract: This method is a machining method using a tool body (10, 110) to which a distance sensor (31, 32) is attached, the method including a coordinate setting step of setting each of a cutting edge coordinate with a point of a cutting edge (22, 122) provided at the tool body (10, 110) as reference and a sensor coordinate with a reference point of the distance sensor (31, 32) as reference, a machining step of forming a machined surface using the cutting edge coordinate, and a measurement step of measuring a dimension of the machined surface using the sensor coordinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuharu Imai, Hidebumi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20240139825
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating disposed on the base material, wherein the coating comprises a hard particle layer; the hard particle layer is formed from a plurality of hard particles including titanium, silicon, carbon, and nitrogen; in the hard particles, a concentration of the silicon periodically changes along a first direction set in the hard particles; and an orientation of the hard particle layer is a (311) orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi ONO, Anongsack PASEUTH, Katsumi OKAMURA