Anti-spatter tube
US6586705B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23K2103/12
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cutting method and apparatus in a laser trim cell system for cutting ducts and tubes used in an airliner. The ducts are cut along a horizontal cutting plane using an orbiting laser nozzle and the apparatus and method includes an anti-spatter tube for removing spatter from the interior of the duct by directing the spatter through an opening in the tube where it impinges a high thermal conductivity plate that deflects it to the bottom of the tube where it solidifies by contact on a surface of high thermal conductivity for easy removal from the tube.
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