Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for the micronization of powdered material with the capacity to prevent incrustations
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Application No.: US16337210Application Date: 2017-09-28
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Publication No.: US11260396B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Piero Iamartino , Milko Leone , Salvatore Mercuri
- Applicant: Micro-Macinazione SA
- Applicant Address: CH Molinazzo di Monteggio
- Assignee: Micro-Macinazione SA
- Current Assignee: Micro-Macinazione SA
- Current Assignee Address: CH Molinazzo di Monteggio
- Agency: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- Priority: IT102016000098452 20160930
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/074669 WO 20170928
- International Announcement: WO2018/060355 WO 20180405
- Main IPC: B02C19/06
- IPC: B02C19/06

Abstract:
Apparatus (10; 110) for the micronization of a powdered material or product (P) comprising a micronizer mill (20), of the type with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid, in turn comprising a micronization chamber (20a), in which micronization chamber the powdered material (P) is micronized as a result of the collisions between its particles caused by the high-energy jets (G) of a first gaseous fluid (A), such as nitrogen or air, wherein the micronization chamber (20a) of the micronizer mill (20) is delimited by walls (20f) which have at least one porous portion which is traversed by a regular flow (f1), of a second gaseous fluid (F), aimed towards the interior of the micronization chamber, so as to avoid the formation of incrustations and/or accumulations of powdered material in the same micronization chamber (20a). More particularly the micronization apparatus (10) comprises a first outer annular chamber (20b) which extends around the micronization chamber (20a) and is fed by the first gaseous fluid (A) which generates the high-energy jets in the micronization chamber, and a second intermediate annular chamber (20d) which is associated with the porous wall (20f) which delimits the micronization chamber (20a) and is fed by the second gaseous fluid (F) aimed to flow through this porous wall, or, in a variant (110) of the micronization apparatus, comprises instead of the first annular chamber a system of channels (120b) which convey the first gaseous fluid which generates the high-pressure jets and extend through the annular chamber (120d) fed by the second gaseous fluid (F) which traverses the porous wall. Advantageously the apparatus of the invention (10; 110), avoiding the formation of incrustations and similar accumulations inside the micronization chamber (20a) of the micronization mill (20) and in the adjacent areas, improves the efficiency of the micronization process and the quality of the micronized end product and moreover considerably reduces the costs of maintenance with respect to conventional micronization mills and apparatuses, with high-energy jets of a gaseous fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190291118A1 APPARATUS FOR THE MICRONIZATION OF POWDERED MATERIAL WITH THE CAPACITY TO PREVENT INCRUSTATIONS Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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