Apparatus for degreasing electrically conductive material

US5544194A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Leybold Durferrit GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Franz Hugo · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Erwin Wanetzky · Großkrotzenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 6, 1996
• Expiry date: Sep 23, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P10/20
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for the cleaning, especially degreasing, of electrically conductive material (9), for example metal and/or ceramic turning chips and/or grinding sludges, under vacuum conditions, essentially consisting of a container (4) and at least two electrodes (4,5) which are connected to a power supply unit (8), the material (9) to be cleaned being heatable by the two electrodes (4,5) by direct passage of current.