Abstract:
An isostatic press for hot isostatic pressing having a pressure vessel (1) in which a furnace chamber (2) is arranged with a space (3) between the furnace chamber (2) and the walls of the pressure vessel (2). The furnace chamber (2) has a heat-insulating mantle and heat-insulating top wall and bottom wall, and passageways (5, 6) are arranged in the walls of the furnace chamber (2). A gas outlet means is arranged in the interior of the furnace chamber (2). Gas is removed directly from the furnace chamber (2) by the gas outlet means. Advantages include that treated articles (11) are cooled rapidly, as cooling takes place during the same time as decompression. Articles (11) may also be rapidly cooled to a temperature at which they are easily handled.
Abstract:
A belt/die, pre-tensioned loaded windings, or other high-pressure apparatus has a series of annular rings for confining material being subjected to high-pressure treatment. The series of annular rings has an inner annular ring having an inner upper edge, an outer upper edge, an inner lower edge, and an outer lower edge. The inner lower edge is chamfered at an angle of greater than about 60° from the vertical in order to create a transition slope that mitigates tensile stresses.
Abstract:
An apparatus for producing high pressure comprises a multi-die system (1). Each die (2) is made up of two cooperating parts arranged along a longitudinal centerline (3) of the die (2), one part being a working body (4), the other being a base member (8). The working body (4) is also made up of two parts in the direction essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline (3) of the die (2), the parts being a central insert (21) and an encircling ring (22) both arranged coaxially and capable of relative displacement towards a test sample (7). The surface area of an end (23) of the central insert (21) of the working body (4) approximates to or less (in this case less) than the surface area of the central portion (18) of an end (11) of the working body (4). An end (5) of the working body (4) is arranged for direct cooperation with a solid medium (6) which is plastic under pressure and serves to surround a sample (7) being tested. An end (9) of the base member (8) faces a die driving means (10) common to all dies. The space between other opposing ends (11 and 12) of the working body (4) and the base member (8) is filled with a solid medium (13) plastic under pressure. The surfaces of the ends (11) and (12) are provided with identical annular grooves (14 and 15) respectively, the grooves being filled with a solid medium (20) plastic under pressure.
Abstract:
Method and Apparatus for subjecting material to extreme compression, for instance in the making of artificial diamonds. The material is enclosed within a cluster of anvils. When pressure pads converge to bear upon the clustered anvils so that they slide against each other and the cluster contracts, the material within is compressed. The reaction of each anvil with its pressure pad is directed generally towards the material to be compressed but lies out-of-parallel with the interfaces of sliding movement of that anvil with its neighbours. The pad-anvil reaction can thus be resolved into components urging each anvil into contact with its neighbours, and thus supporting the anvil against fracture due to the high compression it undergoes along the pad-specimen axis.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for growing a diamond. The apparatus for growing a diamond comprises: a reaction cell that is configured to grow the diamond therein; a main heater including a main heating surface that is arranged along a first inner surface of the reaction cell; and a sub-heater including a sub-heating surface that is arranged along a second inner surface of the reaction cell, the second inner surface being non-parallel with the first inner surface.