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US 2013/0029160 A1Published application
Process and system for briquetting titanium
AssigneeMsi, LLC
InventorHenry W. McLaughlin, III
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Abstract
A system and a method are provided that take a potentially dangerous waste product and process the product to create a marketable asset. The system and method are configured to create “tb” from “tbgs” by removing the volatility that exists in the “tbgs.” The resultant “tb” may be substantially non-volatile.
Claims20
A system for processing swarf, the system comprising:
- a briquetting machine configured to receive titanium swarf and to produce a plurality of titanium briquettes from the titanium swarf;
- and
- a coating apparatus configured to coat the titanium briquettes with a fire retardant.
A method for processing titanium swarf, the method comprising:
- converting titanium swarf into titanium briquettes;
- and
- applying a fire retardant to the titanium briquettes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.