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US 11,827,966 B2Granted
Shielding and differentiating receiver for radiant heating processes
OwnerJames William Masten, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A receiver is formed as the physical inverse or relief of at least a portion of a machined part or casting. The receiver has accommodations for sensor systems that monitor the temperature of the part during a radiant heating process which is placed on top of the casting receiver to move through the radiant heating process.
Claims20
A system for heat treating a part with a first surface on one side of the part and a second surface on an opposite side of the part, the system comprising:
- an oven chamber with a plurality of infrared emitters configured to direct infrared energy towards the first surface of the part;
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- a receiver with an outer surface configured to contact the second surface of the part, the receiver including a temperature sensor,
- wherein the receiver is configured to block the entire second surface of the part from infrared energy radiated from the infrared emitters and convective currents within the chamber.
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A method for heat treating a part, the method comprising:
- locating the part on a receiver so that a downward-facing surface of the part is covered by an upper surface of the receiver;
- providing energy to a plurality of infrared emitters configured to direct infrared energy towards the part and disposed in an oven chamber,
- wherein the receiver shadows the entire downward-facing surface of the part from infrared energy reflected off walls of the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.