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Device And Method For Melting A Material Without A Crucible And For Atomizing The Melted Material In Order To Produce Powder - EP3083107

The patent EP3083107 was granted to Nanoval on Dec 4, 2019. The application was originally filed on Dec 19, 2014 under application number EP14821630A. The patent is currently recorded with a legal status of "Opposition Rejected".

EP3083107

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Application Number
EP14821630A
Filing Date
Dec 19, 2014
Status
Opposition Rejected
Oct 11, 2024
Publication Date
Dec 4, 2019
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OPPOSITION- Franz Henrik, Plöchl Laurenz, Dr, Schimansky Frank-Peter, "Titanium2008 International Titanium Association Recent Advances of Titanium Alloy Powder Production by Ceramic-free Inert Gas Atomization", tITANIUM 2008, (20080924), pages 1 - 14, XP055938050
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OPPOSITION- Schatt W, Et Al, " insbesondere 2.2.2 Inertgasverdüsung", Pulvermetallurg, (20061110), pages 16 - 19, XP055938046
OPPOSITION- Stobik M, "Nanoval Atomizing - Superior Flow Design for Finer Powder", Spray Deposition and Melt Atomization, (20000626), pages 511 - 520, XP055938074
OPPOSITION- Baolong Zheng et al, "Gas Atomization of Amorphous Aluminum: Part I. Thermal Behavior Calculations", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Springer-Verlag, New York, New York , (20090814), vol. 40, no. 5, doi:10.1007/s11663-009-9276-5, ISSN 1543-1916, pages 768 - 778, XP019735151
OPPOSITION- OUYANG, H.w et al, "Influence of melt superheat on breakup process of close-coupled gas atomization", Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, AMSTERDAM, NL , (20071001), vol. 17, no. 5, doi:10.1016/S1003-6326(07)60209-X, ISSN 1003-6326, pages 967 - 973, XP022935652
OPPOSITION- Valdis Bojarevics, Alan Roy, Koulis Pericleous, "Numerical model of electrode induction melting for gas atomization", COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., GB, GB , (20110913), vol. 30, no. 5, doi:10.1108/03321641111152612, ISSN 0332-1649, pages 1455 - 1466, XP055559291

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