Process for quenching molten ceramic material
AssigneeSaint-Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation
InventorsPeter J. Ashley, Larry Hill, Christopher E. Knapp, Rene G. Demers, D. C. Batchelor
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Abstract
A process is provided that permits the rapid quenching of molten ceramics by passing a flow of the molten ceramic into a turbulent fluid flow such that the flow is broken up into particles which then solidify as they pass into and through a cyclone and are finally separated from the fluid flow and collected as dry particulate ceramic materials.
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A process for quenching a molten ceramic material which comprises feeding a stream of a molten ceramic into a turbulent stream consisting of at least one fluid such that the molten ceramic stream is broken up into a flow of droplets which are entrained in the fluid stream and become solid particles which are conveyed into a cyclone in a flow that is tangential to the side of the cyclone.
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