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US 5,035,597 AGranted
Apparatus for manufacturing multi-element sintered material
AssigneesToyo Engineering Corporation, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Taiyo Ltd.
InventorsShoji Tanaka, Hisao Yamauchi, Yukio Yamada, Masayoshi Ohnuki, Etsuji Morita, Mitsunobu Toyoshima, Yasuo Wada, Hirotaka Hinoshita, Wataru Ikeda, Etsuji Aihara, Tutomu Kobayashi, Kuniaki Suguro
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Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a multielement sintered material is provided, more particularly an appartus of the automated type which weighs and mixes predetermined amounts of powdery elements, molds the mixed elements and then sinters them.
Claims11
A system for manufacturing a multi-element sintered material comprising:
- means for moving a first container to a first location;
- means for automatically weighing and supplying powdery ingredients of said sintered material into said first container at said first location;
- means for automatically introducing grinding media and a volatile liquid into said first container;
- means for sealing said first container with a lid bearing a first code regarding the ingredients contained in the first container;
- means for reading said first code;
- means for moving said sealed container in a manner to cause mixing of the ingredients contained therein;
- means for removing said lid from said first container;
- means for separating said grinding media from the mixed ingredients;
- means for transferring said mixed ingredients into a second container bearing a second code regarding the contents of said second container;
- mean for reading said second code;
- means for comparing said first code with said second code;
- means for heating said second container to dry said mixed ingredients contained therein;
- means for preliminarily molding said dried, mixed ingredients with a mold assembly into a sample;
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- means for storing information regarding the composition of said sample.
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