Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for reduction of dimensional end-taper in abrasive blasted tubes
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Application No.: US16344151Application Date: 2017-10-19
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Publication No.: US11654531B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Lynn Couch , Kay Bowles
- Applicant: SANDVIK SPECIAL METALS LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Kennewick
- Assignee: Sandvik Special Metals LLC
- Current Assignee: Sandvik Special Metals LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Kennewick
- Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/057293 2017.10.19
- International Announcement: WO2018/080881A 2018.05.03
- Date entered country: 2019-04-23
- Main IPC: B24C5/04
- IPC: B24C5/04 ; B24C3/16 ; B24C3/32 ; B24B31/116 ; B24C1/10 ; B24C7/00

Abstract:
System for reduction of dimensional end-taper in abrasive blasted tubes has a pressurized chamber maintaining higher air pressure inside the chamber than atmospheric pressure, an air-exit port allowing gases to exit the chamber at a controlled rate, a valve restricting passage of gases from the air-exit port, a pressurized membrane through which the tube passes creating a seal, a gauge port where pressure inside the pressurized chamber is monitored and a media-exit port allowing evacuation of abrasive blast media particles after being expelled from the exit-end of the tube. The system addresses dimensional end-taper as high back pressure at the exit end of the tube reduces velocity of the gases and abrasive particles carried in it, thereby reducing erosion of the inner walls of the tube near its exit end. The system can be employed with a wide range of tube sizes and in combination with several abrasive blasting techniques.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190329379A1 SYSTEM FOR REDUCTION OF DIMENSIONAL END-TAPER IN ABRASIVE BLASTED TUBES Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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