MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESIZE, FUNCTIONALIZE, SURFACE TREAT AND/OR ENCAPSULATE POWDERS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

• Main Authors: NGUYEN, Nghi, RAGONESI, James, VILLAGOMEZ, Jose, INGHAM, Kyle, TRACY, Ryon, LYON, Adam, KING, David, ARGO, Andrew, DAMERON, Arrelaine, JACKSON, David, TREVEY, James, LICHTY, Paul, CURRY, Garrett, BOURGOIS, Kyle
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.07.2020
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CASTING; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; LIME, MAGNESIA; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; POWDER METALLURGY; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

A system, apparatus and method are provided for processing articles. The system includes subsystems for synthesizing, pre-treating, conducting a vapor phase coating process and post-treating articles in the form of powders and solid or porous workpieces. The apparatus permits vapor phase synthesis, treatment and deposition processes to be performed with high efficiency and at high overall throughput. The methods include converting solids, liquids or gases into gaseous and solid streams that can be separated or exchanged with or without treatment and/or coating steps, and produce optimized composite articles for specific applications.