AUTOMATIC PROCESSING METHOD USING AN AUTOMATIC PROCESSING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: Maslennikov, Johannes, Engelskirchen, Mathias Keanu
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.08.2024
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; BLASTING; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; 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; COFFEE MILLS; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FURNITURE; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-BOXES; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; LIQUID HANDLING; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A method (100) for automatically processing a subject material (200) and a corresponding automatic processing apparatus (10) for carrying out the method is provided. The method (100) comprises processing (101) a processing medium (19) within a processing medium reservoir (11) to predefined conditions, holding (102) the processing medium (19) within the processing medium reservoir (11) at the predefined conditions, arranging (103) the subject material (200) to be tempered relative to a processing container (12), such that the subject material (200) at least partially is located within the processing container (12), and starting (104) a tempering cycle. The method then comprises continuously transporting (105), via a pump (13), the processing medium (19), during a processing time, from the processing medium reservoir (11) into the processing container (12), wherein the processing medium (19) enters the processing container (12) via an inlet opening (16) and exits the processing container (12) by overflowing via an outlet opening (17), such that a fixed processing medium level (22) is present within the processing container (12) during the processing cycle, and removing (107) the processing medium (19) from the processing container (12) back into the processing medium reservoir (11) via the inlet opening (16) when the processing time is reached. The automatic processing process may, e.g., be a tempering process, or a galvanization process, or another process for treating a subject material (200) with a processing medium.