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Composite article with magnetocalorically active material and method for its production

US8551210B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Georg Werner Reppel · Hammersbach, DE
Matthias Katter · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2007
Grant date	Oct 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/256
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A composite article (1; 10; 40) comprises a plurality of inclusions (5) of a magnetocalorically active material embedded in a matrix (4) of a magnetocalorically passive material. The inclusions (5) and the matrix (4) have a microstructure characteristic of a compacted powder.

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