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US 2022/0088677 A1Published application
Tube, method of manufacturing tube, and related devices
AssigneeKanthal AB
InventorsThomas LEWIN, Pengcheng CAO
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Abstract
A tube is disclosed comprising an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a curved tube portion between the inlet and outlet portions. A vertical cross-section of the curved tube portion comprises two substantially straight inner delimiting surfaces meeting each other at an angle <100°. The present disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing a tube, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium.
Claims16
A method of manufacturing a tube, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- successively depositing first layers of a material such that the deposited first layers together form a first tube half of a first tube portion of the tube, and
- successively depositing second layers of a material such that the deposited second layers together form a second tube half of the first tube portion,
- and wherein the second layers are deposited such that the second tube half obtains two substantially straight inner delimiting surfaces meeting each other at an angle <100°.
A tube for conducting a fluid, wherein the tube comprises:
- an inlet portion,
- an outlet portion, and
- a curved tube portion between the inlet and outlet portions,
- wherein a vertical cross-section of the curved tube portion comprises two substantially straight inner delimiting surfaces meeting each other at an angle <100°.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.