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- Patent Title: Alloy flake production apparatus and production method for raw material alloy flakes for rare earth magnet using the apparatus
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Application No.: US14117115Application Date: 2012-05-11
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Publication No.: US10022793B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Yamamoto , Shigeharu Watanabe
- Applicant: Kazuhiro Yamamoto , Shigeharu Watanabe
- Applicant Address: JP Hyogo
- Assignee: SANTOKU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SANTOKU CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hyogo
- Agency: Clark & Brody
- Priority: JP2011-107106 20110512
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/003106 WO 20120511
- International Announcement: WO2012/153544 WO 20121115
- Main IPC: B22F1/00
- IPC: B22F1/00 ; B22F9/04 ; H01F1/057

Abstract:
An alloy flake production apparatus (1) includes a crystallinity control device (2) for controlling an alloy crystal structure of fed alloy flakes to a desired state, a cooling device (3) for cooling the alloy flakes discharged from the crystallinity control device (2), and a chamber for keeping these devices under reduced pressure or under an inert gas atmosphere. The crystallinity control device (2) has a rotary heating drum (21) in a cylindrical shape for heating the fed alloy flakes, and a switching device (23) for switching between storage and discharge of the alloy flakes fed to an inner wall side of the heating drum (21), so that long-time heat treatment is uniformly applied to the alloy flakes immediately after being made by ingot crushing. The heating drum (21) preferably has a scooping blade plate (22) for scooping up alloy flakes fed to the inner wall side with its rotation.
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