# US 11,896,980 B2 · Temperature-controlled component and method for the production of a temperature-controlled component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,980 B2 - Document ID: US11896980B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/167,167 - Filed: 2021-02-04 - Published: 2021-08-19 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-14 - Assignees: NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH - Applicants: NETZSCH-Feinmahltechnik GmbH - Inventors: Holger Möschl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896980B2 ## CPC - B02C 17/1815: {Cooling or heating devices} - B02C 17/163: {Stirring means} - B33Y 50/02: for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes - B33Y 80/00: Products made by additive manufacturing - B02C: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN ({household tools and machines for pulverising foodstuffs, e.g. coffee and spice mills A47J42/00; pharmaceutical mortars A61J3/02; mechanical processing of refuse and garbage B03B9/06; dressing mould materials by grinding B22C5/04}; obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling B22F9/04; {recovery of plastics by disintegrating B29B17/00; crushing raw materials in starch making C08B30/02; beaters for papermaking D21D1/02; crushing devices specially for transport in mines E21F13/002; slag crushing devices F23J1/00; fuel milling devices in combustion apparatus F23K1/00; household devices for crushing coal F24B15/02; ice disintegrating devices F25C5/02}) - B33Y: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING ## Abstract A temperature-controlled component and a method for producing a temperature-controlled component, the temperature-controlled component includes a base body including at least one hollow space, through which a temperature control medium can flow. It is provided that in a first region, a first wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and a jacket surface of the base body, and that in a second region, a second wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and a jacket surface of the base body. The second region is a wear region of the component, and the second wall thickness is larger than the first wall thickness in this wear region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A temperature-controlled component comprising: a base body including at least one hollow space, through which a temperature control medium can flow, the base body having an outer jacket surface on which agitator elements are arranged, wherein in a first region, a first wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and the outer jacket surface of the base body, wherein in a second region, a second wall thickness is formed between the inner jacket surface of the hollow space and the outer jacket surface of the base body, wherein the second region is a wear region in which increased material removal of the base body occurs during operation, and wherein the second wall thickness is larger than the first wall thickness; wherein the base body is designed as a single 3D-printed piece. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein the hollow space, through which a temperature control medium can flow, is a temperature control duct, in particular a cooling duct, wherein the temperature control duct has a first cross-sectional surface in the first region, and wherein the temperature control duct has a second cross-sectional surface in the second region, wherein the second cross-sectional surface is smaller than the first cross-sectional surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein support structures are arranged and/or formed at least section by section inside the hollow space. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein first support structures are formed in the first region, and/or wherein second support structures are formed in the second region. ### Claim 5 A temperature-controlled component comprising a base body including at least one hollow space, through which a temperature control medium can flow, wherein in a first region, a first wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and a jacket surface of the base body, wherein in a second region, a second wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and a jacket surface of the base body, wherein the second region is a wear region, wherein the second wall thickness is larger than the first wall thickness, and wherein in a third region, a third wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and a jacket surface of the base body, wherein the third wall thickness is larger than the first wall thickness or wherein the third wall thickness is larger than the second wall thickness. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 5, wherein the third region is a fastening region, and wherein a fastening means is formed or arranged in the third region, in particular wherein the fastening means is formed by means of a threaded hole. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein a temperature control medium inlet and a temperature control medium outlet is assigned to the temperature-controllable hollow space. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein it is a component of an agitator ball mill or of a ball mill, in particular an agitator shaft or a grinding disk or a wear disk at a grinding chamber wall of the agitator ball mill or ball mill, or a grinding container of the agitator ball mill or ball mill. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein it is a component produced by means of 3D printing. ### Claim 10 A method for producing a temperature-controlled component, comprising: providing a base body having at least one hollow space and an outer jacket surface on which agitator elements are arranged, the at least one hollow space being configured to receive a temperature control medium and provide fluid flow of the control medium through the base body, determining at least one region of the base body to be a wear region in which an increased material removal of the component occurs during operation of the component, wherein in a first region, a first wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and the outer jacket surface of the base body, wherein in the wear region, a second wall thickness is formed between the inner jacket surface of the hollow space and the jacket surface of the base body, wherein the second wall thickness is larger than the first wall thickness, wherein at least the base body is designed as a single piece. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein support structures are formed and/or arranged inside the hollow space, in particular wherein a first number of first support structures are formed and/or arranged in the first region, and/or wherein a second number of second support structures is provided and/or arranged in the second region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the first support structures and/or the second support structures are optimized in such a way that the temperature control of the component is optimized, in particular by means of a suitable flow guidance inside the hollow space. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the component is produced by means of 3D printing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 2) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 2, wherein in a third region, a third wall thickness is formed between an inner jacket surface of the hollow space and a jacket surface of the base body, wherein the third wall thickness is larger than the first wall thickness or wherein the third wall thickness is larger than the second wall thickness. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the component is produced by means of 3D printing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein the agitator elements are stirring rods that extend outward from the outer jacket surface of the base body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein the base body has a longitudinal axis around which the base body is rotatable. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein the hollow space has a diameter which changes in different regions along a length of the base body. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 1, wherein the base body includes a hollow interior region extending along a longitudinal axis of the base body, wherein the at least one hollow space is positioned between the hollow interior region and the outer jacket surface of the base body. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The temperature-controlled component according to claim 19, wherein the base body includes at least one passage opening between the hollow interior region and the outer jacket surface, wherein the at least one passage opening extends in parallel with the at least one hollow space, wherein the at least one passage opening being configured to provide passage for movement of material.