INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE ELECTRON BEAM FURNACE

Intermediate Pressure Electron Beam Furnace In the representative embodiment described in the specification, an electron beam furnace (10) has an evacuation system (25) which maintains the interior of the furnace at a pressure in the range from about 50 microns Hg to 300 microns Hg. The relatively h...

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1. Verfasser: HARKER, HOWARD R
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Zusammenfassung:Intermediate Pressure Electron Beam Furnace In the representative embodiment described in the specification, an electron beam furnace (10) has an evacuation system (25) which maintains the interior of the furnace at a pressure in the range from about 50 microns Hg to 300 microns Hg. The relatively high pressure reduces degassing time from a cold start, suppresses volatilization of constituents of metal being refined, and causes volatilized metal to condense in powder form on a condensing screen. A vibrator (27) assists in removing the powder from a condensing screen (26). Each electron beam gun (17,19,23) has a series of compartments which are individually evacuated to maintain the pressure in the compartment containing the cathode at a level less than about 1 micron Hg. (Fig. 1)