Coating production systems and methods with ultrasonic dispersion and active cooling
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsStephen G. Moore, Kevin R. Malone, James C. McGarvey
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Abstract
Coating production systems and methods which include ultrasonic dispersion and active cooling. The system includes a mixing reservoir and an ultrasonic disperser for ultrasonically dispersing an additive with another coating component within the mixing reservoir. The system also includes a heat exchanger in communication with the mixing reservoir to receive a mixture of the additive and another coating component from the mixing reservoir. The mixture is cooled by thermal energy transfer from the mixture to the heat exchanger. The cooled mixture is returned to the mixing reservoir.
Claims30
A method of producing a coating, the method comprising:
- receiving a coating component within a mixing reservoir;
- receiving an additive within the mixing reservoir;
- ultrasonically dispersing the additive with the coating component within the mixing reservoir;
- actively cooling a mixture of the additive and coating component by receiving from the mixing reservoir at least a portion of the mixture within a heat exchanger of a cooling loop;
- urging the mixture from the heat exchanaer to a valve of the cooling loop;
- diverting at least a portion of the mixture having a temperature within a desired temperature range from the valve to a storage container;
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- returning to the mixing reservoir any portion of the mixture not diverted from the valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.