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US 9,044,914 B2Granted
Permeable material compacting method and apparatus
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsRandall V. Guest, Charles Edward Fowler, Bennett M. Richard
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Abstract
A permeable material compacting method includes feeding permeable material between at least one set of rollers, and decreasing a cross sectional area of the permeable material as it passes between the at least one set of rollers.
Claims16
A permeable material compacting method comprising:
- feeding permeable material between at least one set of rollers;
- rotating at least one roller of the at least one set of rollers about an axis that is skewed relative to an axis that defines a center of travel of the permeable material;
- decreasing a cross sectional area of the permeable material as it passes between the at least one set of rollers;
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- freezing the permeable material at a volume smaller than a volume of the permeable material prior to the decreasing the cross sectional area.
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