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US 2016/0107917 A1Published application
Fused Silica Furnace System & Method For Continuous Production of Fused Silica
AssigneeNavus Automation, Inc.
InventorsDavid R. Lawless, Gregory J. Hayzen
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Abstract
A method for producing fused silica including pre-heating silica sand by passing the silica sand through a gas flame, distributing the pre-heated silica sand to a furnace having an internal temperature of about 1,713° C. or greater to form molten fused silica, and cooling the molten fused silica by flowing the molten silica from the furnace into a water bath to produce fused silica particulates.
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A method for producing fused silica, the method comprising:
- pre-heating silica sand by passing the silica sand through a gas flame;
- distributing the pre-heated silica sand to a furnace having an internal temperature of about 1,713° C. or greater to form molten fused silica;
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- cooling the molten fused silica by flowing the molten silica from the furnace into a water bath to produce fused silica particulates.
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A system for producing fused silica, the system including:
- a silica sand source;
- one or more gas burners in flow communication with the silica sand source for receiving silica sand from the silica sand source and pre-heating the silica sand;
- a furnace in flow communication with the one or more gas burners for receiving the pre-heated silica sand, the furnace having an internal temperature of about 1,713° C. or greater to form molten fused silica;
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- a cooling system including a water bath in flow communication with the furnace for cooling molten fused silica received from the furnace.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.