Electrostatic precipitator and additive manufacturing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12350685-B2
Application number	US-202217722377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2022
Priority date	May 7, 2021
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

The invention provides an electrostatic precipitator, including: a gas inlet, supplied with gas containing dust that is a magnetic substance; a charging part, charging the dust; a collecting part, capturing the charged dust; a cleaning device, including at least one of a charging part cleaning device and a collecting part cleaning device; a magnet filter, provided downstream of the collecting part; an ozone removing filter, provided downstream of the magnet filter and removing ozone from the gas; and a gas outlet, discharging the gas in which the dust and the ozone are removed. In the magnet filter, multiple magnet plates are arranged at a predetermined interval. A downstream side of each magnet plate provided on an upper side with respect to a center is inclined downward. A downstream side of each magnet plate provided on a lower side with respect to the center is inclined upward.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrostatic precipitator, comprising:
a housing;
a gas inlet, provided on the housing, and supplied with gas containing dust that is a magnetic substance;
a charging part, provided inside the housing and positively or negatively charging the dust;
a collecting part, provided inside the housing and capturing the charged dust;
a cleaning device, provided in the housing, and comprising at least one of a charging part cleaning device that removes the dust attached to the charging part and a collecting part cleaning device that removes the dust attached to the collecting part;
a magnet filter, provided downstream of the collecting part and inside the housing;
an ozone removing filter, provided downstream of the magnet filter and inside the housing and removing ozone from the gas; and
a gas outlet, provided on the housing and discharging the gas in which the dust and the ozone are removed,
wherein in the magnet filter, a plurality of magnet plates are arranged at a predetermined interval, a downstream side of each magnet plate provided on an upper side with respect to a center is inclined downward, and a downstream side of each magnet plate provided on a lower side with respect to the center is inclined upward.

2. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the magnet plates comprises a permanent magnet and a case holding the permanent magnet and formed of a magnetic substance.

3. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the magnet plates comprises an electromagnet.

4. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising an oxygen concentration meter, provided downstream of the collecting part and inside the housing and measuring an oxygen concentration of the gas,
wherein in the electrostatic precipitator, when an oxygen concentration of the gas is higher than an oxygen concentration threshold at which the dust ignites, the electromagnet is not energized.

5. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein among the magnet plates, magnet plates adjacent to each other are arranged to face each other with different polarities.

6. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a frame which holds the magnet filter and the ozone removing filter and is detachable from the housing.

7. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 6 , wherein notches into which the magnet plates are insertable are formed in the frame, and the magnet plates are inserted into the notches to be fixed to the frame by a magnetic force.

8. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ozone removing filter comprises activated carbon or an ozone decomposition catalyst.

9. The electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a fan, provided downstream of the ozone removing filter inside the housing and sending out the gas.

10. An additive manufacturing apparatus, comprising the electrostatic precipitator as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the additive manufacturing apparatus comprises:
a chamber, covering a predetermined build region, and filled with inert gas at a predetermined concentration;
an irradiation device, irradiating a material layer formed in the build region with a laser beam or an electron beam and forming a solidified layer;
a supply port, supplying the inert gas to the chamber;
a discharge port, discharging the inert gas from the chamber; and
an inert gas supply device, supplying the inert gas to the supply port,

the gas is the inert gas,
the dust is fume generated when the solidified layer is formed, and
the inert gas discharged from the discharge port is transmitted to the electrostatic precipitator, and is returned to the supply port after the fume is removed.

11. The additive manufacturing apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a cutting device performing a cutting process on the solidified layer.

12. The additive manufacturing apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the cleaning device cleans the charging part or the collecting part when formation of the solidified layer is not performed.

Assignees

• Sodick Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawada Shuichi
• Tatsuno Hiroki

Classifications

• B03C3/08

  characterised by presence of stationary flat electrodes arranged with their flat surfaces parallel to the gas stream · CPC title

• B22F10/20

  Direct sintering or melting · CPC title

• B29C64/371

  using an environment other than air, e.g. inert gas · CPC title

• B33Y30/00

  Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor · CPC title

• B03C3/47

  flat, e.g. plates, discs, gratings · CPC title