Continuous intensive quenching apparatus
US12031189B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G2811/095
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An intensive quenching (IQ) apparatus and method of quenching heated parts is provided. The IQ apparatus includes a chute for placing parts into a tank including liquid quenchant. The parts fall through the quenchant in the chute and are received by a conveyor belt. The parts are then transported on the conveyor through an inner channel of a conduit. An agitation rate of the quenchant in the inner channel is increased by an agitator.
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