Indirect acoustic drying system and method
AssigneeHeat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsZinovy Zalman Plavnik, Glenn Johnson Emory, Aliaksandr Hrynchuk, Jason Lye, Richard Terrell Sisk, Leonid Anatolyevich Volozhanin
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Abstract
Disclosed is an acoustic head for indirectly drying a material, the acoustic head including at least one ultrasonic transducer facing the material, the material having a first side, and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, the second side defining a surface to be dried, the ultrasonic transducer positioned facing the first side; and an air delivery unit positioned facing the first side of the material.
Claims20
An acoustic head for indirectly drying a material, the acoustic head comprising:
- at least one ultrasonic transducer facing the material, the material having a first side, and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, the second side defining a surface to be dried, the ultrasonic transducer positioned facing the first side;
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- an air delivery unit positioned facing the first side of the material.
A system for indirectly drying a material, the system comprising:
- a material, the material having a substrate, a coating to be dried, a first side, and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, the coating to be dried at least partially covering the second side;
- an acoustic head, the acoustic head including at least one ultrasonic transducer facing the first side of the material;
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- an air delivery unit, the air delivery unit also positioned facing the first side of the material.
A method of indirectly drying a material, the method comprising:
- applying a coating to be dried to a substrate to form a material, the material having a first side, and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, the coating to be dried at least partially covering the second side, an acoustic head and an air delivery unit positioned facing the first side of the material;
- moving the material in a transverse direction relative to an acoustic head and air delivery unit, the acoustic head including at least one ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer positioned facing the first side of the material, the air delivery unit also positioned facing the first side of the material;
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- drying the material using acoustic waves generated by the at least one ultrasonic transducer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.