Process for uniformly mixing materials and apparatus therefor
AssigneeNGK Insulators, Ltd.
InventorsYukihisa Takeuchi, Nobuo Takahashi
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Abstract
There are provided a method for uniform mixing of materials, which comprises arranging two or more droplet-discharging means of piezoelectricity-controlled type, discharging fine droplets from respective droplet-discharging means, and colliding them with each other to achieve uniform mixing, and an apparatus therefor. The directions of discharging from these droplet-discharging means are set so that the fine droplets discharged from respective droplet-discharging means are collided with each other at an angle of about 90° or 0 to 20°. The method and apparatus enables mixing and reaction of very small amounts of materials.
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A method for uniform mixing of materials, which comprises arranging two or more droplet-discharging means of piezoelectricity-controlled type and at least one recovery container, discharging fine droplets of a first material from a first of said droplet-discharging means, discharging fine droplets of a second material from a second of said droplet-discharging means, said first material being different from said second material, and colliding said fine droplets of a first material and said fine droplets of a second material with each other to achieve uniform mixing thereby forming an admixture or a reaction product which is collected in said at least one recovery container, whereas fine droplets from any of said droplet-discharging means which do not collide with any fine droplets from any other of said droplet-discharging means are not collected in said recovery container.
An apparatus for uniform mixing of materials, which comprises two or more droplet-discharging means of piezoelectricity-controlled type and at least one recovery container, a first of said droplet-discharging means communicating with a first material supply source, a second of said droplet-discharging means communicating with a second material supply source, said first droplet-discharging means, said second droplet-discharging means and said at least one recovery container being positioned relative to one another such that fine droplets discharged from said first droplet-discharging means and droplets discharged from said second droplet-discharging means can be collided to form an admixture or a reaction product which is collected in said recovery container whereas fine droplets from any of said droplet-discharging means which do not collide with any fine droplets from any other said droplet-discharging means are not collected in said recovery container.
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