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Hot isostatic pressing device

US9573334B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 2014
Grant dateFeb 21, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22F2203/11
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) device (1) that can efficiently cool a hot zone during HIP processing while restraining temperatures in the lower part of a high-pressure container. This HIP device (1) is provided with the following: gas-impermeable casings (3, 4) that surround an object to be processed (W); a heating unit (7) that is disposed inside these casings and forms a hot zone around the object to be processed (W); a high-pressure container (2); and a cooling unit that guides a pressure-medium gas cooled on the outside of the casings into the hot zone to cool the hot zone. The cooling unit comprises the following: a gas introduction unit that introduces the pressure-medium gas that has been cooled on the outside of the casings (3, 4) into the hot zone; and a cooling promotion unit (37) that cools the pressure medium gas by causing the pressure-medium gas that has been cooled on the outside of the casings to exchange heat with a base (11) of the high-pressure container (2).

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