IP Library Granted Patent US 7,866,582
Granted Patent B2
US 7,866,582 · App. 12/425,136 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

Method for generating finest particles and jet mill therefor as well as classifier and operating method thereof

Assignees: Netzsch-Condux Mahltechnik GmbH; Roland Nied
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Patent No.
US 7,866,582
App. No.
12/425,136
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating fine particles via a jet mill with an integrated dynamic air classifier, wherein the rotational speed of a classifying rotor of the air classifier and the inner amplification ratio V (=Di/DF) are so selected, set or controlled that the circumferential velocity of the operating medium at an immersion pipe or outlet connection assigned to the classifying wheel reaches up to 0.8 times of the velocity of sound of the operating medium. A dynamic air classifier with a classifying wheel is additionally created, wherein a source for an operating medium is a fluid, more preferably a gas or a vapour, which has a higher and more preferably a substantially higher velocity of sound than air.

Claims (7)

1. A method for generating fine particles comprising:

using a jet mill having an integrated dynamic air classifier, the integrated dynamic air classifier having a classifying rotor or wheel and an inner amplification ratio R, wherein the rotational speed of the classifying rotor or wheel and the inner amplification ratio R are so selected, set or controlled that the circumferential velocity of an operating medium at an immersion pipe or outlet connection assigned to the classifying rotor or wheel reaches up to 0.8 times the velocity of sound of the operating medium.

2. A method for generating fine particles comprising:

using a jet mill having an integrated dynamic air classifier, the integrated dynamic air classifier having a classifying rotor or wheel and an inner amplification ratio R, wherein the rotational speed of the classifying rotor or wheel and the inner amplification ratio R are so selected, set or controlled that the circumferential velocity of the operating medium at an immersion pipe or outlet connection reaches up to 0.7 times the velocity of sound of the operating medium.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating medium is a fluid, which has a higher velocity of sound than air (343 m/s).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating medium is a fluid, which has a velocity of sound of at least 450 m/s.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating medium is selected from a group consisting of steam, hydrogen gas or helium gas.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 9, 2014
From: NETZSCH-CONDUX MAHLTECHNIK GMBH
To: NETZSCH TROCKENMAHLTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 033697/0846 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2009
From: SICKEL, HERMANN
To: NETZSCH-CONDUX MAHLTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 023285/0393 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 048 865 · Oct 16, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTDE200700185100 · Oct 16, 2007
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