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US 2026/0227300 A1Published application
Fusion system and method of performing sample fusion therewith
AssigneeSpectris Canada Inc.
InventorsPierre BOUCHARD, Julien BOISCLAIR
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Abstract
The fusion system can have a furnace having a fusion area, and at least one heating element; and an agitation mechanism having a set of agitation rods, each agitation rod extending upwardly to a terminal end located at the fusion area, the terminal ends operable to support a sample holder, the agitation mechanism being operable to revolve the terminal ends around parallel, upwardly oriented rotation axes, while the at least one heating element is activated.
Claims18
A method of fusing samples in a furnace, the method comprising:
- terminal ends of upwardly extending agitation rods supporting a sample holder containing the samples at a fusion area of the furnace;
- fusing the samples at the fusion area;
- agitating the sample holder and the samples at the fusion area, including revolving the terminal ends around corresponding upwardly oriented axes.
A fusion system comprising:
- a furnace having a fusion area, and at least one heating element;
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- an agitation mechanism having a set of agitation rods, each agitation rod extending upwardly to a terminal end located at the fusion area, the terminal ends operable to support a sample holder, the agitation mechanism being operable to revolve the terminal ends around parallel, upwardly oriented rotation axes, while the at least one heating element is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.