Method and apparatus for tempering material
AssigneeBeneq Oy
InventorsSampo Ahonen, Reijo Karvinen, Tommi Vainio
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for tempering material is provided. One or more liquids are atomized by at least one sprayer into droplets which are guided towards a surface of a hot material so that at least some of the droplets collide with the surface of the hot material and evaporate, thus removing thermal energy from the surface layer of the hot material. Impact members may be used to further reduce the size of the droplets. The droplets may be guided to the surface by a separate guiding gas flow.
Claims30
A method for tempering material, the method comprising atomizing at least one liquid into droplets, the formed droplets being guided towards a surface of a hot material so that at least some of the droplets collide with the surface of the hot material, wherein the droplets are formed and guided to the surface of the hot material in such a way that the droplets colliding with the surface of the hot material evaporate when they receive thermal energy from the surface layer of the hot material.
An apparatus for tempering a material, the apparatus comprising one or more sprayer for atomizing at least one liquid into droplets, and means for guiding the formed droplets towards a surface of a hot material so that at least some of the droplets collide with a surface of the hot material, wherein the apparatus is configured to produce droplets and to guide formed droplets to the surface of the hot material so that the droplets collide with the surface of the hot material in the form of droplets, the droplets evaporating when they receive thermal energy from the surface layer of the hot material.
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