Abrégé

A conveying device for conveying material, in particular material having a temperature of 1500° C. to 3200° C., in particular for conveying thermally or thermo-chemically treated material, has a housing which has a material inlet and a material outlet The material can be conveyed from the material inlet to the material outlet along a conveying path by means of a conveying device Along the conveying path such surfaces that come into contact with the material to be conveyed are provided, at least in certain areas, by a material that is a graphite material or a material with graphite-like properties.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/24 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sur un transporteur
• F27D 3/00 - ChargementDéchargementManutention des charges
• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four

Abrégé

The invention relates to a process device for the thermal and/or chemothermal treatment of process material, comprising a housing in which a process chamber is provided, wherein the process material can be subjected to the thermal and/or chemothermal treatment in the process chamber using a process gas, and comprising a conveying device by means of which the process material can be conveyed through the process chamber. According to the invention, the process chamber is designed as an inner muffle and is at least partly enclosed by a temperature-control chamber having a temperature-control gas located therein, the process chamber having a process gas circulation function and the temperature-control chamber having a temperature-control gas circulation function. The invention further relates to a method for controlling the temperature of a process gas and a process material in a process chamber for a thermal and/or chemothermal treatment of the process material.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 5/04 - Fours à mouflesFours à cornuesAutres fours où la charge est complètement isolée adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 5/16 - Aménagement des dispositifs d'alimentation en air ou gaz
• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four
• F27D 7/06 - Production ou maintien d'une atmosphère particulière ou du vide dans les chambres de chauffage

Abrégé

The invention relates to a process device for thermally treating process material, comprising a housing in which a process chamber is provided, wherein the process material can be subjected to the thermal treatment in the process chamber, and comprising a conveying device by means of which the process material can be conveyed through the process chamber. According to the invention, the housing is largely gas-tightly sealed off from the outer surroundings of the process device, and the process chamber is largely gas-tightly sealed off from the process device interior enclosed by the housing. The process chamber has a plurality of process zones, each process zone having a fixed bearing, the process zone is fixed with respect to the housing by means of the fixed bearing, and each process zone is gas-tightly connected to the adjacent process zone(s) via compensators.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/02 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à trajets multiplesFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à plusieurs chambresCombinaisons de fours
• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 9/20 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne
• F27B 9/26 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sur ou dans des wagonnets, des traîneaux ou des réceptacles
• F27B 9/36 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chauffage
• F27D 7/06 - Production ou maintien d'une atmosphère particulière ou du vide dans les chambres de chauffage

Abrégé

The invention relates to a process device for the thermal and/or chemothermal treatment of process material, comprising a housing in which a process chamber is provided, wherein the process material can be subjected to the thermal and/or chemothermal treatment in the process chamber; a conveying device by means of which the process material can be conveyed through the process chamber; a line system for conducting a process gas into the process chamber, where the process gas can be supplied to the process material; and a heating device for controlling the temperature of the process gas. According to the invention, the process gas is superheated steam, and the heating device is provided inside the process chamber. The invention also relates to a method for providing the process gas.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 5/14 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chauffage
• F27B 9/30 - Parties constitutives, accessoires ou équipement spécialement adaptés à ces types de fours
• F27B 9/36 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chauffage
• F27D 7/06 - Production ou maintien d'une atmosphère particulière ou du vide dans les chambres de chauffage
• F27D 17/10 - Dispositions pour l’utilisation de la chaleur perdue
• F27B 5/16 - Aménagement des dispositifs d'alimentation en air ou gaz

Abrégé

The invention relates to a transport device (10) for storing and transporting material (12) during a treatment process, in particular for producing battery material, in which the material (12) is treated with a process gas (14). A plurality of container units (18) each provide a container volume (20) for the material (12) and are arranged one above the other in a plurality of planes (22.i) while maintaining a distance. Two container units (18a, 18b) define in each case a container pair (28) having a lower container unit (18a) and an upper container unit (18b) arranged thereabove. A flow chamber (30) is formed between the lower and the upper container unit (18a, 18b) of the container pair (28), which flow chamber extends between a flow inlet (32) on an inflow side (34) and a flow outlet (36) on an outflow side (38). The transport device (10) comprises a process-gas conducting device (50), which provides a flow conducting structure (52) for a container pair (28) on the inflow side (34) of the container pair, by means of which flow conducting structure a process gas flow (16) incident on the flow conducting structure (52) is deflected in such a way that the process gas flow flows through the flow inlet (32) in the direction of the container volume (20) of the lower container unit (18a) of the container pair (20). The invention further relates to a treatment device (62) and to a method for treating material (12) with a process gas (14).

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 9/20 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne
• F27B 9/24 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sur un transporteur
• F27B 9/30 - Parties constitutives, accessoires ou équipement spécialement adaptés à ces types de fours
• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four

Abrégé

A conveying device for conveying material, in particular material having a temperature of 1500° C. to 3200° C., in particular for conveying thermally or thermo-chemically treated material, has a housing which has a material inlet and a material outlet. The material can be conveyed from the material inlet to the material outlet along a conveying path by means of a conveying device. Along the conveying path, such surfaces that come into contact with the material to be conveyed are provided, at least in certain areas, by a material that is a graphite material or a material with graphite-like properties.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 33/14 - Transporteurs rotatifs à vis ou à hélice pour matériaux solides fluents comportant une vis ou plusieurs vis enfermées dans un carter tubulaire
• B65G 33/26 - Vis

Abrégé

The invention relates to a transport device (10) for storing and transporting material (12) during a treatment process, in particular for producing battery material, in which the material (12) is treated with a process gas (14), the transport device comprising a plurality of process containers (16) for the material (12). The support device (10) comprises a support structure (18) for the process containers (16) which defines a receiving chamber (30.1) for process containers (16) in which a plurality of process containers (16) filled with material (12) can be detachably mounted. The support structure (18) defines the upward direction as the positive z-direction, the forward direction as the positive y-direction, and the rightward direction as the positive x-direction of a reference coordinate system which is anchored to the support structure (18) for conjoint rotation therewith. The receiving chamber (30.1) is open to the surroundings for fluid flow on an inflow side (38.1) and additionally defines an outflow side (40.1). The support structure (18) comprises a channel arrangement (32) having a flow channel (34) which is fluidically connected to the outflow side (40.1) of the receiving chamber (30.1) and leads to a flow outlet (36). The invention also relates to a treatment device and to a method for treating material (12) with a process gas (14), in which method the material (12) is conveyed through a process chamber (78) in such a transport device (10). The invention also relates to the use of Gastronorm containers (20) as receiving containers (16) for material (12) during treatment with a process gas (14).

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 9/26 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sur ou dans des wagonnets, des traîneaux ou des réceptacles
• F27D 3/12 - Supports ou réceptacles pour charges, mobiles ou à translation
• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four

Abrégé

A furnace system for producing battery material comprises a plurality of process apparatuses (12.i) each having a housing (16.i) that accommodates a process chamber (14.i), wherein each process apparatus (12.i) is designed such that, in the process chamber (14.i) thereof, a treatment process in which a respective process material is treated thermally and/or chemothermally is performable in a process atmosphere (18.i) required for said treatment process. An atmosphere system (20) can be used to generate in each process chamber (14.i) the process atmosphere (18.i) required for the respective treatment process to be performed. By means of a conveying system (24), process material as process input material (26.i) to be treated can be conveyed in each case into a respective process chamber (14.i) and, after the treatment process performed in said process chamber (14.i), can be conveyed out of said process chamber (14.i) as treated process output material (30.i). At least two process chambers (14.i, 14.i+1) are connected to one another by a lock device (32.i), wherein successive treatment processes are performed in these process chambers (14.i, 14.i+1) in different process atmospheres (18.i, 18.i) that differ in terms of composition, wherein the two process chambers (14.i, 14.i+1) define, in relation to one another, an upstream process chamber (34) for an upstream treatment process and a downstream process chamber (36) for a downstream treatment process. The conveying system (24) is designed in such a way that the treated process output material (30.i) from the upstream treatment process can be conveyed from the upstream process chamber (34i) into the lock device (32.i) and thence into the downstream process chamber (36) as process input material (26.i+1) to be treated for the downstream treatment process. The invention also specifies a process for producing battery material.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/02 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à trajets multiplesFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à plusieurs chambresCombinaisons de fours
• F27B 19/04 - Combinaisons de différents genres de fours qui ne sont pas tous couverts par un seul des groupes principaux disposés pour un travail conjugué
• F27D 3/12 - Supports ou réceptacles pour charges, mobiles ou à translation
• F27D 7/06 - Production ou maintien d'une atmosphère particulière ou du vide dans les chambres de chauffage
• F27D 99/00 - Matière non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe

Abrégé

A continuous furnace for heat-treating workpieces (12) comprises a tunnel housing (16) in which a treatment tunnel (36) is formed in which the workpieces (12) undergo their heat treatment, wherein the workpieces (12) can be conveyed in a transport direction (30) through the treatment tunnel (38) by means of a conveying system (34). There is a heating section (44) having a plurality of heating zones (46) in which the treatment tunnel (36) defines a heating tunnel (52), and a heating system (50) by means of which the heating tunnel (52) can be heated in the heating zones (46), wherein in a heating zone (46) the heating tunnel (52) is separated by a heating wall (53) from a heating space (54) having a heating device (48). There is also a cooling section (64), which is directly adjacent to the heating section (44) in the transport direction (30) and comprises a plurality of cooling zones (66) in which the treatment tunnel (36) defines a cooling tunnel (68). The temperature of the workpieces (12) can be reduced in the cooling tunnel (68) by means of a counter-flow cooling system (78) which is configured such that a cooling gas (84) can flow through the cooling tunnel (68) in a counter-flow direction (6) in relation to the transport direction (30). At the transition (88) from the heating section (44) to the cooling section (64), the treatment tunnel (36) is designed such that at least one bypass portion (84a) of the cooling gas (84) flowing in the counter-flow direction (86) flows into the heating space (54) of the last heating zone (46a). Such a continuous furnace (10) is used in a method for heat-treating workpieces (12). (Figure 1)20

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/02 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à trajets multiplesFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à plusieurs chambresCombinaisons de fours
• C21D 9/00 - Traitement thermique, p. ex. recuit, durcissement, trempe ou revenu, adapté à des objets particuliersFours à cet effet
• F27B 9/06 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés sans contact entre gaz de combustion et la chargeFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés électriquement
• F27B 9/10 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés sans contact entre gaz de combustion et la chargeFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés électriquement chauffés par air ou gaz chauds
• F27B 9/20 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne
• F27B 9/22 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sous l'action de racleurs ou de poussoirs
• F27B 9/36 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chauffage
• F27D 17/10 - Dispositions pour l’utilisation de la chaleur perdue
• F27B 9/40 - Aménagement des dispositifs de commande ou de surveillance
• F27B 9/12 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité avec dispositions particulières pour le préchauffage ou le refroidissement de la charge
• F27B 9/30 - Parties constitutives, accessoires ou équipement spécialement adaptés à ces types de fours
• F27D 19/00 - Aménagement des dispositifs de commande

Abrégé

A conveying device for conveying material (130), in particular material having a temperature of 1500°C to 3200°C, in particular for conveying thermally or thermo-chemically treated material, has a housing (132), which has a material inlet (134; 136) and a material outlet (136; 134; 162). The material (130) can be conveyed from the material inlet (134; 136) to the material outlet (136; 134; 162) along a conveying path (138) by means of a conveying device (140). Along the conveying path (138), such surfaces that come into contact with the material (130) to be conveyed are provided, at least in certain areas, by a material (142) that is a graphite material or a material with graphite-like properties.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 33/14 - Transporteurs rotatifs à vis ou à hélice pour matériaux solides fluents comportant une vis ou plusieurs vis enfermées dans un carter tubulaire
• B65G 33/26 - Vis

Abrégé

A process for producing graphite in a vertical graphitization furnace having at least one process chamber that bounds a heating zone, a temperature of 2200° C. to 3200° C. is generated in the heating zone, particulate graphitizable material is supplied to the process chamber through an inlet, graphitizable material is conveyed through the heating zone of the process chamber, in which it is graphitized to graphite, and graphite obtained is removed from the process chamber through an outlet. In some variants, graphitizable material wherein the particles have a particle size of less than 3 mm is used, and/or, a material column is formed throughout the heating zone of a particular process chamber, wherein graphitizable material, after being supplied through the inlet from the top, trickles through an intake zone of the process chamber onto the material column, and/or, a material column is formed in a stationary heating zone of a particular process chamber encompassed by the heating zone, wherein graphitizable material, after being supplied through the intake from the top, trickles through a drop heating zone likewise encompassed by the heating zone onto the material column, and/or, graphitizable material in one or more material vessels is conveyed through a particular process chamber and through the heating zone thereof. Also specified is a vertical graphitization furnace optimized.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 32/205 - Préparation
• F27B 1/00 - Fours à cuve ou fours verticaux similaires ou à prédominance verticale
• F27B 1/21 - Aménagement des dispositifs de déchargement

Abrégé

The invention relates to a support unit (18) for a carrier plate (16) for the construction of a tiered rack (10) for the heat treatment of workpieces (12), wherein the carrier plate (16), along with multiple support units (18), forms a tiered unit (14) and has multiple plate through-openings (36), wherein a support unit (18) can be connected to the carrier plate (16) there in such a way that the carrier plate (16) carries the respective support unit (18) along in the event of a movement. There is a plug element (24) with a head section (26) which cannot pass through the plate through-opening (36) due to its shape, and with a shaft section (28) projecting from the head section (26) which is complementary to the plate through-opening (36) in such a way that it can pass through same, and which has a bottom end (30) at a distance from the head section (26). There is also a support element (32) that is connected to the bottom end (30) of the shaft section (28). In a functional configuration of the support unit (18), between the head section (26) of the plug element (24) and the support element (32), there is a spacing (42) and a receiving region (44) in which the carrier plate (16) can be arranged between the head section (26) and the support element (32) or where it is arranged in a tiered unit (14). In the unloaded functional configuration of the support unit (18), the plug element (24) and the support element (32) can be moved relative to one another and/or relative to the carrier plate (18) in a tiered unit (14). The invention also relates to a tiered unit (14) with a carrier plate (16) and support units (18) of this type, and a tiered rack (10) with tiered units (14) of this type.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four
• C21D 9/00 - Traitement thermique, p. ex. recuit, durcissement, trempe ou revenu, adapté à des objets particuliersFours à cet effet

Abrégé

A device for thermal or thermo-chemical treatment of material (12) has a a core process section (50) in which a process housing (18) defines a core process chamber (52) and a process chamber axis (22). The process housing (18) as such can be heated by a heating device (84) in such a way that a process temperature, in particular a temperature of 1500°C to 3200°C, preferably 3000°C, is generated at least in the core process chamber (52). A conveying system (80) is configured in such a way that the material (12) can be conveyed through the core process section (50). The process housing (18) is formed of housing segments (24) that are detachably joined together.

Classes IPC  ?

• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• F27B 1/00 - Fours à cuve ou fours verticaux similaires ou à prédominance verticale
• F27B 9/02 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à trajets multiplesFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à plusieurs chambresCombinaisons de fours

Abrégé

A conveying device for conveying material (130), in particular material having a temperature of 1500°C to 3200°C, in particular for conveying thermally or thermo-chemically treated material, has a housing (132), which has a material inlet (134; 136) and a material outlet (136; 134; 162). The material (130) can be conveyed from the material inlet (134; 136) to the material outlet (136; 134; 162) along a conveying path (138) by means of a conveying device (140). Along the conveying path (138), such surfaces that come into contact with the material (130) to be conveyed are provided, at least in certain areas, by a material (142) that is a graphite material or a material with graphite-like properties.

Classes IPC  ?

• B65G 33/14 - Transporteurs rotatifs à vis ou à hélice pour matériaux solides fluents comportant une vis ou plusieurs vis enfermées dans un carter tubulaire
• B65G 33/26 - Vis

Abrégé

A process for producing graphite in a vertical graphitization furnace having at least one process chamber that bounds a heating zone, a temperature of 2200° C. to 3200° C. is generated in the heating zone, particulate graphitizable material is supplied to the process chamber through an inlet, graphitizable material is conveyed through the heating zone of the process chamber, in which it is graphitized to graphite, and graphite obtained is removed from the process chamber through an outlet. In some variants, graphitizable material wherein the particles have a particle size of less than 3 mm is used, and/or, a material column is formed throughout the heating zone of a particular process chamber, wherein graphitizable material, after being supplied through the inlet from the top, trickles through an intake zone of the process chamber onto the material column, and/or, a material column is formed in a stationary heating zone of a particular process chamber encompassed by the heating zone, wherein graphitizable material, after being supplied through the intake from the top, trickles through a drop heating zone likewise encompassed by the heating zone onto the material column, and/or, graphitizable material in one or more material vessels is conveyed through a particular process chamber and through the heating zone thereof. Also specified is a vertical graphitization furnace optimized.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 32/205 - Préparation
• F27B 1/21 - Aménagement des dispositifs de déchargement
• F27B 1/00 - Fours à cuve ou fours verticaux similaires ou à prédominance verticale

Abrégé

A device for thermal or thermo-chemical treatment, in particular calcination, of material, in particular battery cathode material, having a housing and a process chamber in the housing, in which there is a process chamber atmosphere during the treatment and which defines a conveying level. The material, or carrying structures loaded with the material, at the conveying level can be conveyed in a conveying direction into and/or through the process chamber by a conveying system. An entry airlock gate defines an inlet level and includes an airlock gate chamber, an airlock gate inlet and an airlock gate outlet, as well as an inlet conveyor which is designed so that the material or carrying structures loaded with the material at the inlet level can be conveyed through the airlock gate inlet and into the airlock gate chamber. The conveying level and the inlet level are different from one another. A method for thermal or thermo-chemical treatment, in particular calcination, of material, in particular battery cathode material, in which the material or carrying structures loaded with the material at the conveying level and the inlet level are conveyed at different heights.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/14 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement
• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 9/32 - Carcasses
• F27D 3/06 - Machines de chargement ou de déchargement sur les chariots transporteurs
• F27D 1/18 - Montures de portesPortes, couvercles ou couvercles amovibles
• H01M 4/04 - Procédés de fabrication en général
• H01M 4/485 - Emploi de substances spécifiées comme matériaux actifs, masses actives, liquides actifs d'oxydes ou d'hydroxydes inorganiques d'oxydes ou d'hydroxydes mixtes pour insérer ou intercaler des métaux légers, p. ex. LiTi2O4 ou LiTi2OxFy

Abrégé

A rotary tube kiln, with a rotatably mounted rotary tube, which has a motorized drive, a mounting, a material inlet and a material outlet, wherein the interior space of the rotary tube has a process space, the inside atmosphere of which is separate from the outside atmosphere. The process space is sealed off from a pressure space by means of a first seal and the pressure space is sealed off from the outside atmosphere by means of a second seal and, by means of a pressing device, a first pressing force can be applied to the first seal and a second pressing force can be applied to the second seal, the first pressing force can be set independently of the second pressing force and, during operation, the internal pressure of the pressure space is higher than the internal pressure of the process space.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 7/24 - Dispositifs d'étanchéité entre les pièces rotatives et fixes
• F16J 15/34 - Joints d'étanchéité entre deux surfaces mobiles l'une par rapport à l'autre par bague glissante pressée contre la face plus ou moins radiale d'une des deux parties
• F16J 15/447 - Garnitures à labyrinthe
• F27B 7/06 - Fours à tambours rotatifs, c.-à-d. horizontaux ou légèrement inclinés adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 7/42 - Aménagement des dispositifs de commande, de surveillance, d'alarme ou des dispositifs similaires
• F27D 7/06 - Production ou maintien d'une atmosphère particulière ou du vide dans les chambres de chauffage
• F27D 21/00 - Aménagement des dispositifs de surveillanceAménagement des dispositifs de sécurité

Abrégé

Injection device (56) for discharging a gas (54), in particular a process gas (54), onto a material (12), in particular onto a battery cathode material (14) that is to be calcined, having at least one inlet (58) through which the gas (54) can be supplied to the injection device (56), and at least one outlet (60) through which the gas (54) can be discharged from the injection device (56), the inlet and outlet being connected to one another by a flow path (62) for the gas (54). According to the invention, the flow path (62) has a heat exchanger (64) with a heat exchanger housing (68) which is accessible from the outside for an ambient atmosphere (66) and in which a duct arrangement (70) is integrated. The duct arrangement (70) comprises a first flow duct (72.1) and a second flow duct (72.2) between which there is formed a redirection region (74.1) such that the gas (54) can flow through the first and second flow duct (72.1, 72.2) in different main flow directions. The invention further relates to a process gas system (52) for supplying a gas (54) and to a device (10) and a method for the thermal or thermo-chemical treatment of material.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 6/00 - CalcinationCuisson
• B01J 4/00 - Dispositifs d'alimentationDispositifs de commande d'alimentation ou d'évacuation
• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 9/30 - Parties constitutives, accessoires ou équipement spécialement adaptés à ces types de fours
• F27D 7/02 - Alimentation en vapeur d'eau, en gaz ou en liquides

Abrégé

A container for storing a powder mixture during heat treatment in a furnace, a furnace and a method for heat treatment of a powder mixture. The aim of the invention is to specify a container by means of which in particular the throughput per unit of time can be increased and an automatic removal of the container is simplified. This aim is achieved by a plurality of receptacles for releasable fastening of spacers which in the installed state allow contactless stacking of a plurality of containers one above the other.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four

Produits et services

Machines for processing and transformation of materials; grinding machines; machines for cathode and anode material production; vapour deposition installations; vapor deposition machines. Industrial furnaces; industrial melting furnaces; furnaces; furnaces for heat treatment; laboratory ovens; rotary kilns [for industrial purposes]; conveyor oven; muffle furnaces; furnaces featuring electric resistance heating; furnaces featuring electric resistance heating, gas heating and/or oil heating; diffusion furnaces for industrial use; automatic hardening furnaces for components; furnaces for burning, melting, annealing, roasting, sintering, hardening, quenching, tempering, oxidising, homogenising, carbonising, graphiting, calcinating, pyrolysis, pre-heating, drying and heat retaining; furnaces for processing and producing cathode and anode material; stokers for use with industrial furnaces; stokers for use with commercial furnaces; installations for recycling valuable materials and energy from industrial waste and biomass, in particular installations for the pyrolysis, carbonisation or incineration of industrial waste and biomass; polymerisation installations; components and spare parts therefor, equipment and furnaces [heating apparatus], included in class 11. Services of an engineer or scientist for the optimisation of production processes; providing of test facilities for goods testing; development and test of processes relating to material transformation, in particular using furnaces.

Abrégé

The invention relates to a furnace for the treatment of material, in particular for the oxidative treatment of fiber material, in particular for producing carbon fibers, comprising a housing (12) having a housing inner space (14), which is gas-tight with the exception of passage areas (18, 20) for the fibers (22). In the housing inner space (14) of the housing (12), a process chamber (28) is located. A hot working atmosphere (40) can be generated by means of an atmosphere device (42). The atmosphere device (42) comprises a flow system (46) having flow channels (48), which are arranged in the housing inner space (14) each defining one flow chamber (50), and are provided with flow passages such that the respective flow chambers (50) are fluidically connected to the process chamber (28) in such a way that hot working atmosphere (40) can be delivered to the process chamber (28) in at least one main flow direction (44) and can be discharged from the process chamber (28). A revision system (72) is provided, through which flow chambers (50) of flow channels (48) are accessible through the housing (12).

Classes IPC  ?

• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• F27D 1/18 - Montures de portesPortes, couvercles ou couvercles amovibles
• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé

Abrégé

In a process for producing graphite in a vertical graphitization furnace having at least one process chamber (22) that bounds a heating zone (28), a temperature of 2200°C to 3200°C, especially of 3000°C, is generated in the heating zone (28), particulate graphitizable material (14) is supplied to the process chamber (22) through an inlet (30), graphitizable material (14) is conveyed through the heating zone (28) of the process chamber (22), in which it is graphitized to graphite, and graphite (12) obtained is removed from the process chamber (22) through an outlet (40). As variant A, graphitizable material (14) wherein the particles have a particle size of less than 3 mm is used, and/or, as variant B, a material column (94) is formed throughout the heating zone (28) of a particular process chamber (22), wherein graphitizable material (14), after being supplied through the inlet (30) from the top, trickles through an intake zone (24) of the process chamber (22) onto the material column (94), and/or, as variant C, a material column (94) is formed in a stationary heating zone (98) of a particular process chamber (22) encompassed by the heating zone (28), wherein graphitizable material (14), after being supplied through the intake (30) from the top, trickles through a drop heating zone (96) likewise encompassed by the heating zone (28) onto the material column (94), and/or, as variant D, graphitizable material (14) in one or more material vessels (100) is conveyed through a particular process chamber (22) and through the heating zone (28) thereof. Also specified is a vertical graphitization furnace (10) optimized especially with respect to variants C and D.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01B 32/205 - Préparation
• G21C 1/12 - Réacteurs hétérogènes, c.-à-d. dans lesquels le combustible et le modérateur sont séparés le modérateur étant hautement pressurisé, p. ex. réacteur à eau bouillante, réacteur à surchauffe intégrale, réacteur à eau pressurisée le modérateur et le réfrigérant étant différents ou séparés le modérateur étant solide, p. ex. réacteur du type Magnox
• G21C 5/08 - Moyens pour prévenir l'expansion asymétrique non désirée de la structure complète

Abrégé

A furnace for the thermal treatment, particularly for carbonization and/or graphitization, of material, particularly of fibers, particularly of fibers made from oxidized polyacrylonitrile (PAN), the furnace having a furnace housing and a process chamber located in the interior chamber of the furnace housing, which is delimited by a process chamber housing and into which the material to be treated can be introduced. A process chamber atmosphere prevailing in the process chamber can be heated by means of a heating system. An insulation layer thermally insulates the process chamber. The insulation layer is an insulation fill made from a solid particulate material.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/10 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés sans contact entre gaz de combustion et la chargeFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés électriquement chauffés par air ou gaz chauds
• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• C09C 1/48 - Noir de carbone
• D01F 9/22 - Filaments de carboneAppareils spécialement adaptés à leur fabrication par décomposition de filaments organiques à partir de produits de polyaddition, de polycondensation ou de polymérisation à partir de composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone à partir de polyacrylonitriles
• F27B 9/08 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés sans contact entre gaz de combustion et la chargeFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés électriquement chauffés à travers les parois de la chambre
• F27B 9/34 - Aménagement des garnissages réfractaires
• F27B 9/36 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chauffage

Produits et services

(1) Machines for processing and transformation of materials, namely, pigments, catalytic pigment powders, catalyst powders, molybdenum powders, silicon nitride powders, hard metal powders, powders for electronic applications, silicon-based raw materials, graphites, artificial carbon materials, aluminium oxide ceramics, oxide ceramics, SiC, zirconia, ceramic thin films, glass ceramics, ceramic filters, ceramic honeycombs, piezo ceramics, electronic components, lithium metal oxides, inorganic colour pigments, catalyst systems containing heavy metals, wood waste, hard coal, pitches, polymers, polyacrylonitrile, biopolymers, organic waste, scrap tyres, steel, aluminium, ferrous and non-ferrous metals; grinding machines for the treatment of ceramics and metal; machines for cathode and anode material production; vapor deposition machines namely chemical and physical vapor deposition reactors for industrial furnaces; physical and chemical vapor deposition systems, namely, machines used for thermal evaporation. (2) Industrial furnaces; industrial melting furnaces; furnaces for heat treatment; laboratory ovens; rotary kilns [for industrial purposes]; conveyor oven; muffle furnaces; furnaces featuring electric resistance heating; diffusion furnaces for industrial use; automatic hardening furnaces for components; furnaces for burning, melting, annealing, roasting, sintering, hardening, quenching, tempering, oxidising, homogenising, carbonising, graphiting, calcinating, pyrolysis, pre-heating, drying and heat retaining; furnaces for processing and producing cathode and anode material; stokers for use with industrial furnaces; stokers for use with commercial furnaces; installations for recycling valuable materials and energy from industrial waste and biomass namely waste disposal furnaces, waste disposal incinerators, carbonizing furnaces for industrial purposes and pyrolyzing furnaces for industrial purposes; polymerisation installations. (1) Engineering services in the field of industrial engineering, namely in the field of optimisation of production processes; development and testing of processes relating to material transformation using furnaces.

Produits et services

Machines for processing and transformation of pigments, catalypigment powders, catalyst powders, molybdenum powders, silicone nitride powders, hard metal powders, powders for electronic applications, silicon-based raw materials, graphites, artificial carbon materials, aluminum oxide ceramics, oxide ceramics, SiC, zir conia, ceramic thin films, glass ceramics, ceramic filters, ceramic honeycombs, piezo ceramics, electronic components, lithium metal oxides, Inorganic color pigments, catalyst systems containing heavy metals, wood waste, hard coal, pitches, polymers, polyacrylonitrile, biopolymers, organic waste, scrap tires, steel, aluminum, ferrous and non-ferrous metals; grinding machines; machines for cathode and anode material production; vapor deposition installations being machines; vapor deposition machines Industrial furnaces; industrial melting furnaces; furnaces; furnaces for heat treatment; rotary kilns for industrial purposes; conveyor coating, debinding, sintering, calcination, carbonization, oxidation, pyrolysis, reduction, tempering, and heat-treatment ovens; muffle furnaces; furnaces featuring electric resistance heating; furnaces featuring electric resistance heating, gas heating and/or oil heating; diffusion furnaces for industrial use; automatic hardening furnaces for components; furnaces for burning, melting, annealing, roasting, sintering, hardening, quenching, tempering, oxidizing, homogenizing, carbonizing, graphiting, calcinating, pyrolysis, pre-heating, drying and heat retaining; furnaces for processing and producing cathode and anode material; mechanical stokers for use with industrial furnaces; mechanical stokers for use with commercial furnaces; installations for recycling valuable materials and energy from industrial waste and biomass, in particular installations for the pyrolysis, carbonization and incineration of industrial waste and biomass; polymerization installations being furnaces; replacement components and spare parts for furnaces Services of an engineer or scientist, namely, engineering services for the optimization of production processes; providing of test facilities for goods testing; development and testing of processes for others relating to material transformation, in particular using furnaces

Abrégé

The invention relates to a device for thermal or thermo-chemical treatment, in particular calcination, of material (12), in particular battery cathode material (14), comprising a housing (16) and a process chamber (20) in the housing (16), in which there is a process chamber atmosphere (54) during the treatment and which defines a conveying level (116). The material (12), or carrying structures (44) loaded with the material (12), at the conveying level (116) can be conveyed in a conveying direction (30) into and/or through the process chamber (20) by means of a conveying system (28). An entry airlock gate (26) defines an inlet level (118) and comprises an airlock gate chamber (62), an airlock gate inlet (64) and an airlock gate outlet (66), as well as an inlet conveyor (106) which is designed in such a way that the material (12) or carrying structures (44) loaded with the material (12) at the inlet level (118) can be conveyed through the airlock gate inlet (66) and into the airlock gate chamber (62). The conveying level (116) and the inlet level (118) are different from one another. The invention also relates to a method for thermal or thermo-chemical treatment, in particular calcination, of material (12), in particular battery cathode material (14), in which the material (12) or carrying structures (44) loaded with the material (12) at the conveying level (116) and the inlet level (18) are conveyed at different heights.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/14 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement
• C21D 9/00 - Traitement thermique, p. ex. recuit, durcissement, trempe ou revenu, adapté à des objets particuliersFours à cet effet
• F27B 9/32 - Carcasses
• F27D 1/00 - CarcassesGarnissagesParoisVoûtes
• F27D 1/18 - Montures de portesPortes, couvercles ou couvercles amovibles
• F27D 3/06 - Machines de chargement ou de déchargement sur les chariots transporteurs
• F27D 5/00 - Supports, grilles ou appareillage analogue pour la charge à l'intérieur du four
• H01M 4/04 - Procédés de fabrication en général
• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27B 9/18 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet circulaire ou courbe sous l'action de racleurs ou de poussoirs
• F27B 9/38 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chargement
• F27D 3/00 - ChargementDéchargementManutention des charges

Abrégé

The invention relates to a device for the thermal or thermo-chemical treatment, more particularly calcination, of material (12), more particularly battery cathode material (14), comprising a housing (16), in which a process space (20) is located. The material (12), or carrying structures (40) loaded with the material (12), can be conveyed in a conveying direction (30) into or through the process space (20) by means of a conveying system (28). A process space atmosphere (50) prevailing in the process space (20) can be heated by means of a heating system (48). There is a process gas system (64), by means of which a process gas (66) can be fed to the process space (20), said process gas being required for the thermal treatment of the material (12). The process gas system (64) comprises a plurality of local injection units (68), which are arranged and configured such that process gas (66) can be released in a targeted manner onto the material (12) or onto the carrying structures (40) loaded with material (12), the process gas being released in a plurality of local process gas streams (70), each having a main stream direction (72). The invention also specifies a method for the thermal or thermo-chemical treatment of material (12), in which process gas (66) is released in a targeted manner onto the material (12) or onto the carrying structures (40) loaded with material (12), the process gas being released in a plurality of local process gas streams (70), each having a main stream direction (72).

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 6/00 - CalcinationCuisson
• B01J 4/00 - Dispositifs d'alimentationDispositifs de commande d'alimentation ou d'évacuation
• F27B 7/36 - Aménagement des dispositifs d'alimentation en air ou gaz
• F27B 9/02 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à trajets multiplesFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité à plusieurs chambresCombinaisons de fours
• F27B 9/24 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sur un transporteur
• F27B 9/36 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chauffage
• F27B 9/40 - Aménagement des dispositifs de commande ou de surveillance

Produits et services

Machines for processing and transformation of materials; Grinding machines; Machines for cathode and anode material production; Vapour deposition installations; Vapor deposition machines. Industrial furnaces; Industrial melting furnaces; Furnaces; Furnaces for heat treatment; Laboratory ovens; Rotary kilns [for industrial purposes]; Conveyor oven; Muffle furnaces; Furnaces featuring electric resistance heating; Furnaces featuring electric resistance heating, gas heating and/or oil heating; Diffusion furnaces for industrial use; Automatic hardening furnaces for components; Furnaces for burning, melting, annealing, roasting, sintering, hardening, quenching, tempering, oxidising, homogenising, carbonising, graphiting, calcinating, pyrolysis, pre-heating, drying and heat retaining; Furnaces for processing and producing cathode and anode material; Stokers for use with industrial furnaces; Stokers for use with commercial furnaces; Installations for recycling valuable materials and energy from industrial waste and biomass, in particular installations for the pyrolysis, carbonisation or incineration of industrial waste and biomass; Polymerisation installations; Components and spare parts therefor, equipment and furnaces [heating apparatus], included in class 11. Services of an engineer or scientist for the optimisation of production processes; Providing of test facilities for goods testing; Development and Test of processes relating to material transformation, in particular using furnaces.

Abrégé

A furnace for thermal treatment, in particular for carbonization and/or graphitization, of material, in particular fibers, in particular fibers of oxidized polyacrylonitrile PAN. During the thermal treatment, a pyrolysis gas is released from the material. The furnace includes a housing, a process space, which is located in the interior of the housing and is delimited by a process space housing and through which the material can be fed, a heating system for heating a process space atmosphere prevailing in the process space, and an extraction system for suctioning process space atmosphere laden with pyrolysis gas from the process space. The extraction system has at least one suction device having a suction channel, which is delimited by a channel wall and which is connected to the process space by means of a suction opening. The suction opening is arranged in a region of the process space in which, during operation of the furnace a temperature prevails at which no or only moderate chemical reactions occur between the pyrolysis gas and the process space housing and/or the channel wall.

Classes IPC  ?

• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• D01F 9/22 - Filaments de carboneAppareils spécialement adaptés à leur fabrication par décomposition de filaments organiques à partir de produits de polyaddition, de polycondensation ou de polymérisation à partir de composés macromoléculaires obtenus par des réactions faisant intervenir uniquement des liaisons non saturées carbone-carbone à partir de polyacrylonitriles
• F27D 17/00 - Dispositions pour l'utilisation de la chaleur perdueDispositions pour l'utilisation ou pour l'élimination des gaz résiduaires
• F27B 9/08 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés sans contact entre gaz de combustion et la chargeFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité chauffés électriquement chauffés à travers les parois de la chambre
• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• F27B 5/16 - Aménagement des dispositifs d'alimentation en air ou gaz

Abrégé

An oxidation furnace for the oxidative treatment of fibers, in particular for producing carbon fibers, the furnace having a housing with an inner space which is gas-tight apart from areas for the passage of the fibers. A process chamber is located in the inner space of the housing. Guide rollers guide the fibers arranged adjacently as a fiber carpet in a serpentine manner through the process chamber, the fiber carpet spanning respective planes between opposite guide rollers, a partial area of the inner space being defined both above and below said planes. The process chamber extends between a primary blowing device arranged on a blowing end of the housing and a primary suction device, where a primary gas is blown into a partial area by the primary blowing device in such a way that the process gas flows through the process area in a process flow direction. A secondary gas can be blown into the partial area by a secondary blowing device, on the side of the primary blowing device located at a distance from the process chamber, using a flow sealing device.

Classes IPC  ?

• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• D02J 13/00 - Chauffage ou refroidissement de filaments, filés, fils câblés, cordes ou similaires ne correspondant spécifiquement à aucun des procédés prévus dans la présente sous-classe
• F27B 9/30 - Parties constitutives, accessoires ou équipement spécialement adaptés à ces types de fours
• F27D 17/00 - Dispositions pour l'utilisation de la chaleur perdueDispositions pour l'utilisation ou pour l'élimination des gaz résiduaires

Abrégé

a). The working atmosphere is guided into the process chamber by a flow guiding system. The flow guiding system includes exchangeable flow guiding elements with flow passages which can be detachably and/or movably mounted on the blowing device, before the outlet window.

Classes IPC  ?

• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• D02J 13/00 - Chauffage ou refroidissement de filaments, filés, fils câblés, cordes ou similaires ne correspondant spécifiquement à aucun des procédés prévus dans la présente sous-classe

Abrégé

a), wherein the fiber carpet spans a plane between opposite deflecting rollers. A flow measuring system is provided, by means of which a flow profile of the working atmosphere in processing conditions can be generated, and which comprises at least one sensor system for determining the speed of flow, the sensor system being arranged in a sensor region between two adjacent fiber carpets.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• G01F 1/46 - Tubes de Pitot
• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• D02J 13/00 - Chauffage ou refroidissement de filaments, filés, fils câblés, cordes ou similaires ne correspondant spécifiquement à aucun des procédés prévus dans la présente sous-classe
• F27D 19/00 - Aménagement des dispositifs de commande

Abrégé

An installation for treating material having a treatment chamber equipped with an envelope which separates a controlled atmosphere which is present in its interior from an atmosphere which is present outside the envelope and a housing which delimits the treatment chamber. At least one supporting roller for conveying the material is arranged at least partly inside the treatment chamber. One or more mounting apparatuses for mounting at least one supporting roller are arranged outside the housing. A flexible compensating element is provided between at least one mounting apparatus and a wall, which is associated with the latter, of the housing, there being provided a sealing arrangement which is connected to said compensating element and which separates the at least one mounting apparatus from the atmosphere which is present inside the envelope.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/04 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité adaptés pour le traitement de la charge sous vide ou sous atmosphère contrôlée
• F27D 7/06 - Production ou maintien d'une atmosphère particulière ou du vide dans les chambres de chauffage
• F27B 9/38 - Aménagement des dispositifs de chargement
• H01L 31/18 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
• F27B 9/24 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le trajet de la charge pendant le traitementFours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité caractérisés par le procédé de déplacement de la charge pendant le traitement la charge se déplaçant sur un trajet sensiblement rectiligne sur un transporteur
• H01L 21/677 - Appareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide pendant leur fabrication ou leur traitementAppareils spécialement adaptés pour la manipulation des plaquettes pendant la fabrication ou le traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou des dispositifs électriques à l'état solide ou de leurs composants pour le transport, p. ex. entre différents postes de travail
• F27D 99/00 - Matière non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe

Abrégé

An oxidation furnace for the oxidative treatment of fibers, which, comprises a process chamber arranged inside a housing, a blowing device arranged in the center of the process chamber, a suction device arranged in the two opposite end regions of the process chamber, at least one ventilator that circulates the hot air through the blowing device, the process chamber and the suction devices, and at least one heating device arranged in the flow path of the hot circulated air. The blowing device comprises a plurality of vertically interspaced blowing boxes comprising an inlet, and, on opposite sides, outlets for the hot air. Two stacks of vertically interspaced blowing boxes may be provided, said blowing boxes being interspaced one behind the other in the direction of movement of the fibers, and/or the built-in boxes in a stack comprise at least one additional outlet in the upper side and the lower side, for hot air.

Classes IPC  ?

• F26B 13/00 - Machines ou appareils à mouvement progressif pour le séchage des tissus, fibres, fils ou autres matériaux en grandes longueurs
• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• F27D 7/00 - Production, entretien ou circulation d'une atmosphère dans les chambres de chauffage
• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• D02J 13/00 - Chauffage ou refroidissement de filaments, filés, fils câblés, cordes ou similaires ne correspondant spécifiquement à aucun des procédés prévus dans la présente sous-classe
• F27B 9/30 - Parties constitutives, accessoires ou équipement spécialement adaptés à ces types de fours

Abrégé

An oxidation furnace for the oxidative treatment of fibers, especially for producing carbon fibers, which comprises a process chamber arranged inside a housing, a blowing device for hot air, at least one suction device arranged in an end region of the process chamber, at least one ventilator that circulates the hot air through the blowing device, the process chamber and the suction device, and at least one heating device arranged in the flow path of the hot circulated air. The suction device is formed from a plurality of vertically interspaced suction boxes. Said boxes have at least one outlet for the hot air, and at least one inlet for hot air, communicating with the process chamber and arranged in the outward-facing side of the suction boxes, that is the side that is at a distance from the center of the process chamber.

Classes IPC  ?

• F27B 9/28 - Fours dans lesquels la charge est déplacée mécaniquement, p. ex. du type tunnel Fours similaires dans lesquels la charge se déplace par gravité pour traiter des longueurs ininterrompues du matériau travaillé
• F26B 13/00 - Machines ou appareils à mouvement progressif pour le séchage des tissus, fibres, fils ou autres matériaux en grandes longueurs
• F26B 13/08 - Machines ou appareils à mouvement progressif pour le séchage des tissus, fibres, fils ou autres matériaux en grandes longueurs avec mouvement suivant une trajectoire sinueuse ou en zigzag utilisant des rouleaux
• D02J 13/00 - Chauffage ou refroidissement de filaments, filés, fils câblés, cordes ou similaires ne correspondant spécifiquement à aucun des procédés prévus dans la présente sous-classe
• D01F 9/32 - Appareils à cet effet
• F26B 21/02 - Circulation de l'air ou des gaz en cycles fermés, p. ex. totalement à l'intérieur de l'enceinte de séchage
• F26B 23/02 - Chauffage utilisant un chauffage par combustion