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Systems and methods for producing materials suitable for additive manufacturing using a hydrodynamic cavitation apparatus

US10589447B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Applied Cavitation, Inc · US

Inventors

Joseph Capobianco · Sicklerville, US
Dana Lynn Hankey · Exton, US
Marshall Campion Tibbetts · Goleta, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2015
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD01D5/08
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided in one implementation is a method that includes introducing a volume of raw material into a chamber of a cavitation machine. The raw material can include a mixture comprising a powder and a solvent. The powder can have a first average particle size in the raw material. The method includes applying a hydrodynamic cavitation process to the raw material to produce a product material. The powder can have a second average particle size, smaller than the first average particle size, in the product material. The method includes causing the product material to exit the cavitation chamber and drying the product material to remove the solvent. Apparatus employed to apply the method are also provided.

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