EP0813451B1 - Procede de fabrication d'un substrat recouvert de particules et appareil correspondant - Google Patents

Procede de fabrication d'un substrat recouvert de particules et appareil correspondant Download PDF

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EP0813451B1
EP0813451B1 EP96911256A EP96911256A EP0813451B1 EP 0813451 B1 EP0813451 B1 EP 0813451B1 EP 96911256 A EP96911256 A EP 96911256A EP 96911256 A EP96911256 A EP 96911256A EP 0813451 B1 EP0813451 B1 EP 0813451B1
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Kazuo Suzuki
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  • the present invention relates to a particle-coated substrate (in particular, an abrasive material formed by coating a substrate with abrasive particles) in which a substrate is coated uniformly and in a thin layer with cohesive fine particles, a particle ejector for fabricating the coated substrate, a coated substrate fabricating apparatus comprising the ejector, a particle-coated substrate fabricating method (in particular, a method of fabricating an abrasive material in which a substrate is coated with abrasive particles), and an abrasive sheet.
  • a particle-coated substrate in particular, an abrasive material formed by coating a substrate with abrasive particles
  • a coated substrate fabricating apparatus comprising the ejector
  • a particle-coated substrate fabricating method in particular, a method of fabricating an abrasive material in which a substrate is coated with abrasive particles
  • the known conventional particle ejecting pump in a coating device in which particles are fed out along with gas from a coating gun nozzle is, for example, constructed as shown in Fig. 12. More specifically, a porous plate 2 on which particles to be coated are placed is provided at a lower portion of a particle feed tank 7. The porous plate 2 is provided with a straight particle feed tube 8, one end of which is opened to the porous plate 2 and the other end of which is connected to an ejector 9.
  • particles 1 are fed to upside of the porous plate 2, and fluidizing air 6 fed to the downside of the particle feed tank 7 passes through the porous plate 2 and agitates the particles 1 on the porous plate 2 Further, the particles 1 are fed to the ejector 9 via the particle feed tube 8 by an internal pressure Pa in the particle feed tank 7.
  • Other similar examples are disclosed in JP-A-6-286872 and JP-A-6-304502.
  • Such a conventional particle-coated substrate fabricating apparatus has had the following problems. Even if a proper particle size distribution of the particles 1 is obtained by agitating the particles 1 so that they are brought into a fluidized state on the porous plate 2 (hereinafter, the term “agitation” means an agitation for imparting a fluidized state), the particles 1 would be subject to blocking, agglomeration or bridging again inside the particle feed tube 8 and in the container of the ejector 9 so that the particle size of the particles would be coarsened.
  • bridging means that supplying particles are adhered in a certain range of size.
  • blocking means that the bridging particles are adhered to each other and agglomerate.
  • the conventional coating device has had difficulty in ejecting fine particles having a particle size distribution of 5 ⁇ m or less without agglomeration. Furthermore, even if the particles 1 have a relatively large particle size, their particle size distribution would vary with time, encountering difficulty in controlling the particle size.
  • JP-A-55-149000 discloses an injector pump to prevent carried material from concretion and deposition on the inner wall of a hopper.
  • the side wall of the hopper is constructed of an external wall and the inside is formed by a porous material.
  • Gas flow is injected into the hopper through a flow injection port and the inside wall.
  • a gas layer is formed on the inside surface of the inside wall in such a way that the concretion and the deposition of carried material on the inside wall can be effectively avoided.
  • GB-A-2103959 relates to an apparatus for flame spraying a mixture of refractory and easily combusted metal particles including the material store which holds the mixture in a state of full or partial fluidisation and means for entraining a mixture in a jet of relatively inert gas, such as air.
  • the entrained mixture is supplied to a lance where it is mixed with sufficient oxygen to combust.
  • the object of the present invention is, therefore, to remedy the above-described disadvantages and to provide a particle ejector capable of attaining a uniform particle size distribution, a particle-coated substrate fabricating apparatus comprising the ejection and a particle-coated substrate fabricating method.
  • an ejector for ejecting particles to be coated onto a substrate comprising
  • the agitation gas passing through the porous material to the inside of the storage container, is fed to at least the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed, whereby the particles are agitated within the storage container.
  • the storage container acts so that the particles to be stored will not undergo blocking, agglomeration or bridging, and that a uniform particle size distribution of the particles will be obtained.
  • an outer container forming a gas-pressure buffer portion defined by a clearance between the outer container and the outer surface of at least the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed, wherein the agitation gas inlet is in fluid communication with the buffer portion.
  • the gas-pressure buffer portion is formed so as to surround the storage container.
  • an apparatus including an ejector as described above for fabricating a particle-coated substrate, the apparatus comprising
  • the agitation gas passes through the inside of the storage container so as to be fed to the particles stored at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed.
  • the particles are agitated in the storage container. Accordingly, the ejector acts so that the particles will not undergo blocking, agglomeration or bridging and that a uniform particle size distribution is obtained.
  • a method for fabricating a particle-coated substrate comprising the steps of:
  • the agitation gas is fed to the particles stored at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed, via the inner wall of the storage container provided to the ejector.
  • the particles in the storage container are agitated so as not to undergo blocking, agglomeration or bridging, and a uniform particle size distribution can be obtained.
  • coated substrate fabricated by using the above-described fabricating apparatus or fabricated by the above-described fabricating method.
  • the coated substrate is characterized by being coated with 5 ⁇ m or less abrasive particles by a particle spraying process.
  • the present invention is not thereby limited and may of course also be advantageously used with particles larger than 5 ⁇ m.
  • the agitation gas is fed to the particles stored at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed, via the inner wall of the storage container provided to the ejector.
  • the particles in the storage container are agitated so as not to undergo blocking, agglomeration, or bridging, and a uniform particle size distribution can be obtained. Accordingly, a uniform particle size distribution can be obtained on the particles ejected from the ejector and coated onto the substrate.
  • a particle-coated substrate, a particle ejector for fabricating the coated substrate, a coated substrate fabricating apparatus comprising the ejector, a particle-coated substrate fabricating method, and an abrasive sheet are described hereinbelow with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is noted that the coated substrate is fabricated by the fabricating apparatus comprising the aforementioned particle ejector and fabricated by the coated substrate fabricating method.
  • Figs. 1 to 4 are views showing the ejector.
  • the ejector is intended to eject particles with which a sheet-like substrate, which is one form of a substrate, is coated.
  • the coated substrate is an abrasive sheet.
  • An ejector 100 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a storage container 110, an ejection gas nozzle 120, a discharge tube 130, an outer container 140, and a gas-pressure buffer portion 150.
  • the storage container 110 which has it container interior formed into a conical shape so that particles can be easily fed from a later-described particle feeder and ejected from the container, is to store the particles in a container interior 111. Also, the storage container 110 is made of a porous material so as to be capable of feeding gas from outside the container to inside the container via numerous pores.
  • the wall thickness of the storage container 110 is determined by taking into consideration pressure loss due to the wall thickness as well as material strength, it is finally determined experimentally so that gas will be ejected uniformly from an inner wall surface 115 of the storage container 110.
  • the porous material preferably comprises specified-size pores irrespective of its type.
  • the porous material may be selected from among, for example, ceramics such as SiC and Al 2 O 3 , plastics such as Teflon (trademark of Du Pont Co.), metallic materials of sintered stainless steel, and rubber materials, depending on the conditions under which it is used.
  • ceramics such as SiC and Al 2 O 3
  • plastics such as Teflon (trademark of Du Pont Co.)
  • metallic materials of sintered stainless steel and rubber materials, depending on the conditions under which it is used.
  • As for the size of the pores formed in the porous material too small a size would result in too large resistance to passage of the gas through the pores, making it difficult to control the gas pressure Too large a size, conversely, would make it likely that the particles adhere to the inner wall surface 115 of the storage container 110 during or after the use of the ejector 100 and tend to clog the pores.
  • the optimum condition of the pore size is determined experimentally in connection with other factors, for example, gas ejection pressure or the shape of the storage container 110 and so on
  • gas ejection pressure for example, 0.0 1 MPa
  • particle size for example, 10 ⁇ m
  • the pore diameter of the porous material should preferably be set to 20 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m such that the aforementioned problems are unlikely to occur in general cases
  • the ejection gas nozzle 120 is a nozzle that acts to feed ejection gas into the storage container and' eject the particles stored in the container interior 111 to outside of the storage container.
  • the nozzle 120 is fitted from outside of the storage container 110 to a concave portion 112 formed at a bottom portion of the conical storage container 110.
  • the discharge tube 130 which is disposed at the concave portion 112 and coaxially with the ejection gas nozzle 120, is a nozzle that discharges both the ejection gas ejected from the ejection gas nozzle 120 and the particles stored in the storage container 110 outside of the storage container 110.
  • the outer container 140 is a container that surrounds the storage container 110 with a proper clearance against an outer side face 113 of the storage container 110.
  • the clearance forms a gas-pressure buffer portion 150.
  • the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 optionally may be provided between a bottom face 114 of the storage container 110 and the outer container 140.
  • the ejection gas nozzle 120 and the discharge tube 130 are arranged to penetrate through the outer frame container 140.
  • the outer container 140 is preferably made of a metallic material with a view to ensuring the strength of the ejector 100, but may be any suitable strong material such as ceramics or the like.
  • the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 forms a space that is closed by an upper lid 141 being screwed to the outer container 140. As a result, pressure of the gas fed from an agitation gas inlet hole 142 opened at one or more points of the outer container 140 is applied generally uniformly to the entire outer wall of the storage container 110 without being applied directly to part of the storage container 110, so that a uniform gas ejection at the inner wall surface 115 of the storage container 110 is obtained. It is noted that although the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 is formed into chambers communicating with each other in the present embodiment, it optionally may be divided into discrete areas. In the case where the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 is divided into discrete areas, agitation gas inlet holes 142 are formed in the outer container 140 corresponding to these areas.
  • the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 may be omitted as shown in an ejector 170 in Figs. 3 and 4.
  • gas is fed directly from the agitation gas inlet holes 142 to the outer side face 113 of the storage container 110.
  • the fed gas passing through the pores of the storage container 110, is fed to the inside of the storage container
  • the upper lid 141 is provided with an opening 143 so that particles can be fed to the container interior 111 of the storage container 110.
  • the gas to be fed to the ejection gas noble 120 and the agitation gas inlet holes 142 may comprise inert gases such as nitrogen, argon and the like, or air.
  • the gas is controlled for humidity and temperature, and is preferably a gas containing a liquid having a surface tension of 40 dyne, for example, vapor of ethanol or perfluorocarbon.
  • the storage container 110, the outer container 140, and the like are formed into a rectangular shape as shown in the figure in the present embodiment, they may comprise any other desired shape.
  • agitation gas When agitation gas is fed to the agitation gas inlet holes 142, a generally uniform gas pressure is applied to the outer side face 113 of the storage container 110 via the gas-pressure buffer portion 150.
  • the agitation gas passing through the pores, is fed to the storage container interior 111, where it agitates the particles present at least in the concave portion 112 provided at the bottom portion of the storage container 110 where the ejection gas nozzle 120 and the discharge tube 130 are disposed. Further, the gas agitates the particles stored in the interior 111 of the storage container 110. Meanwhile, the particles agitated by the ejection gas are also ejected through the discharge tube 130 and ejected to outside of the ejector 100 together with the ejection gas.
  • Fig. 5 shows an example of the experimental results of relationships among the particle drawing negative pressure P 3 , the ejection gas flow V 2 , and the secondary absorbed gas flow V 3 , with respect to the ejection gas pressure P 2 .
  • the unit for the values of the V 2 and V 3 is "Nl/min" which means a gas flow (1) per one minute converted at standard condition (1 atm, 0°C).
  • the dimensions of the ejector used to generate the data presented in Fig 5 are as follows.
  • the storage container 110 has a square shape with each side of approximately 56 mm and a height of approximately 38 mm.
  • the container interior 111 has a conical shape with a maximum diameter of approximately 50 mm.
  • the concave portion 112 has a diameter of approximately 15 mm and a depth of approximately 13 mm.
  • a clearance corresponding to the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 is approximately 3 mm.
  • white or open marks denote results from the embodiment ejector, while black or closed marks denote results from the conventional ejector as illustrated in Fig. 12.
  • Fig. 5 suggests the following:
  • the fabricating apparatus 200 comprises the ejector 100 as described above, a particle feeder 210 provided upstream of the ejector 100 and serving for feeding particles to the storage container 110, and a coating device 230 provided downstream of the ejector 100 and serving for coating a sheet-shaped substrate 250 with the particles.
  • the particle feeder 210 has a vibrative air slider 211.
  • the vibrative air slider 211 has a vibration floor 212 that serves to vibrate a floor surface to which the particles are fed, and to eject gas from the floor surface, so that the particles are dispersed and then fed to the ejector 100.
  • the particle feeder 210 fluidizes fine particles measured and fed to the feed side of the vibration floor 212 by vibrating the vibration floor 212 and ejecting the gas.
  • the V-20B made by Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. is used as the vibration source of the vibrative air slider 211, and the vibration floor 212 is made of stainless steel having a 9 ⁇ m mesh.
  • the pressure of the gas fed to the vibration floor 212 is 0.01 MPa.
  • particle feeders comprise reciprocative type feeders, rotating vertical spindle type feeders, rotating horizontal spindle type feeders, screw type feeders, endless belt type feeders, volumetric type feeders, and fluidized type feeders, or combinations of these feeders.
  • the coating device 230 is given by a corona charge type spray gun in the present embodiment.
  • a corona charge type spray gun made by Ransburg Industry Co., Ltd., model number MPS1-F is used
  • the material of the storage container 110 of the ejector 100 is Teflon (trademark of Du Pont Co.), and the agitation gas pressure is 0.01 MPa. Also, the ejection gas pressure P 2 is 0.3 MPa.
  • coating device examples include hybrid type spray guns and triboelectric charge type spray guns
  • a dispersing apparatus may be arranged by mechanically connecting the vibrative air slider 211 and the ejector 100 with each other, so that the ejector 100 is also vibrated by the vibration of vibrative air slide 211.
  • a particle transfer tube between the ejector 100 and the coating device 230 is vibrated.
  • the fabricating apparatus 200 having the above-described arrangement operates in the following manner. Fine particles 260 fed to the vibrative air slider 211 are fed to the storage container 110 of the ejector 100 while they are controlled so as not to undergo blocking, agglomeration, or the like due to vibrations of the vibrative air slider 211 and ejection of the gas. In the storage container 110 of the ejector 100, the particles are agitated and then ejected from the discharge tube 130 with ejection gas, and thus fed to the coating device 230. The coating device 230 applies the fed particles onto the sheet, which is the substrate 250, by an electrostatic coating method.
  • the particle size distribution of the particles 260 in the process from when the particles are fed to the vibrative air slider 211 until coated to the substrate 250 is explained with reference to Figs 7 and 8, based on a comparison between a case where the ejector 100 of the present invention is used and another case where the conventional ejector as illustrated in Fig. 12 is used. It is noted that the particles to be coated to the substrate 250 comprise abrasive particles.
  • the abrasive particles to be coated to the substrate 250, after milling, are classified and then have a specified particle size distribution Then, the particles are granulated and temporarily stored. The particles may tend to cohere while stored The particle size obtained over the process is assumed as "a'"
  • the particles 260 are fed to the vibrative air slider 211 in a predetermined quantity, where they are fluidized by gas ejection and vibrations derived from the vibration floor 212 of the vibrative air slider 211.
  • the cohered particles are re-divided into a coarse particle size of "b"
  • the particles are fed to the storage container 110 in of the ejector 100.
  • the particles are agitated with agitation gas so as to be kept in a fluidized state, with their particle size distribution maintained in the fine particle state, without causing blocking or agglomeration which would occur in the conventional case.
  • the particle size distribution obtained in this case is indicated by "c" as shown in Fig. 7.
  • the particles in the ejector 100 of the present embodiment are subjected to a shear force when entering the high-speed gas stream of the agitation gas at the orifice of the ejector 100, such that they are crushed.
  • its particle size distribution results in "e” as shown in Fig. 7. Accordingly, when the ejector 100 of the present embodiment is used, there will not occur blocking or agglomeration among particles within the ejector 100.
  • the particle size distribution "e" of the coating particles becomes a fine and constant distribution, and one approximate to the particle size distribution "a" of the primary particle can be easily attained.
  • the particle size distribution "e'" of the coating particles is inferior to the particle size distribution "a" of the primary particles
  • the particles remain in a fluidized state within the ejector container. Accordingly, blocking, agglomeration or the like is unlikely to occur, making it easy to maintain fine particle size distribution. Also, drawing of the particles at the orifice of the ejector can be made constant irrespectively of the particle drawing negative pressure P 3 , allowing uniform coating of the particles to be achieved.
  • fabricating apparatus 200 allows the abrasive sheet to be fabricated under processes of various conditions.
  • One preferred embodiment of the particle-coated substrate fabricating method is shown below.
  • Abrasive kraft paper is used as the substrate 250.
  • the adhesive comprises the following components: Epoxy resin 100 parts by weight Curing agent 3.0 parts by weight Xylene 34.3 parts by weight 137.3 parts by weight
  • the above adhesive is coated onto the substrate 250 at 22°C, 110 g/m2.
  • Particle coating is performed on the adhesive coated to the substrate 250 under the following conditions.
  • Aluminum oxide #4000 is used as the particles.
  • a table type feeder (made by Funken Powtechs, Inc., 25 g/min feed) is used as the feeder to the vibrative air slider 211. With the use of the vibrative air slider 211, the ejector 100, and the coating device 230, the particle spray coating is performed on the substrate 250.
  • the particle spray coating method is performed in two ways, one with electric field applied and the other not.
  • the layer subjected to the particle spray coating is dried in a ventilated furnace at 140°C for 5 min. Then, the same adhesive is further coated onto the dried layer under the same conditions and dried under the same conditions.
  • a coated substrate (hereinafter, referred to also as "abrasive paper"), which is one form of the coated substrate fabricated by the fabricating method with the use of the above-described fabricating apparatus 200, is described with a comparison to a coated sheet fabricated by the conventional fabricating apparatus
  • particles composed of less cohesive particles i.e., larger particles can be coated by using the conventional ejector whereas particles composed of smaller particle size (e.g., 5 ⁇ m or less), adhere to and are deposited onto the contact surface of the conventional ejector by their cohesion.
  • the particles deposited in this way when reaching some amount, will be absorbed into a gas stream of the ejection gas fed to the conventional ejector by the action of gravity or the like, and dispersed by the shearing action of the ejection gas.
  • the particles drawn into the ejector in cohered state are not dispersed sufficiently, and the cohered particle are drawn into the gas stream irregularly.
  • the particles in the gas ejected from the conventional ejector cannot be maintained at a constant concentration within the spray stream.
  • Table 1 shows results of comparison between a case where the ejector of the present invention is used and another case where the conventional ejector is used, with respect to a rate of non-defective products for abrasive papers of various abrasive particle sizes. It is noted that particles were coated onto the sheets by the electrostatic coating method.
  • "A” denotes the embodiment of the ejector 170 in which the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 is not provided but a plurality of agitation gas inlet holes 142 are provided.
  • “B” and “C” denote embodiments of the ejector 100 in which the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 is provided.
  • Type of abrasive sheet Rate of non-defective products with the use of the embodiment ejector Rate of non-defective products by the conventional method Abrasive particle size ( ⁇ m) Item A (%) B(%) C(%) 15 1000 100 100 100 9 2000 100 100 100 85 5 3000 100 100 100 100 0 3 4000 98 98 97 0 Cannot be fabricated 1 8000 96 95 80 0 Cannot be fabricated 0.5 - 90 93 70 0 Cannot be fabricated 0.1 - 53 54 51 0
  • Table 2 shows results of comparison between an abrasive efficiency of the abrasive paper fabricated by the conventional method (slurry method) in which abrasive particles are previously mixed with an adhesive and coated onto the substrate, and another abrasive efficiency of the abrasive paper fabricated by using the ejector of the present invention. It is noted that the abrasive paper fabricated by using the ejector of the present invention is applied by the electrostatic coating method and that an ejector with the gas-pressure buffer portion 150 provided is used.
  • the abrasive efficiency refers to one which shows a change in weight between before and after the abrasion of 4 x 6 inch rectanglar samples when the samples are rubbed 1000 times of reciprocation, the abrasive efficiency showing that the larger a value of the abrasive efficiency is, the more successfully abrasion can be achieved.
  • Table 2 the abrasive paper as shown in Fig 9 is used in methods numbered "1" to "4" of this embodiment whereas the abrasive paper as shown in Fig. 10 is used in the methods numbered "5" and "6" of this embodiment.
  • Fig. 9 which shows the abrasive paper in the cases of the present embodiment.
  • Fig. 11 which shows an abrasive paper in the case of the conventional abrasive paper
  • the reason that the abrasive efficiency of the abrasive paper according to the present embodiment is better than that by the conventional method is due to the form of abrasive particles 252 on the substrate 250.
  • the conventional method because of strong cohesion of the particles ejected from an ejector, the particles cannot be coated in a dry state. So, a mixture of the particles with an adhesive is coated onto the substrate by using a spatula or the like. Accordingly, as shown in Fig. 11, edge portions 252a of the abrasive particles 252 are not generally perpendicular to the substrate but result in a lateral arrangement generally parallel to the substrate.
  • the particles in the ejector can be made less cohesive so that only the abrasive particles 252 are coated to the substrate 250.
  • the edges 252a of the abrasive particles 252 are arranged irregularly with respect to the substrate 250, so that the surface of the abrasive paper is not formed into a flat plane unlike the conventional method.
  • a further reason is that, in the abrasive sheet of the present invention the edges 252a of the abrasive particles 252 are oriented toward an abraded surface of the abraded object, as compared with the conventional examples.
  • the abrasive fabric in the case of the present invention has the substrate 250 coated with the particles more finely and more uniformly than in the conventional examples.
  • the agitation gas, passing through the storage container is fed to the particles present at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed.
  • the particles are agitated in the storage container in order not to cause blocking, agglomeration, or bridging, making it possible to obtain a uniform particle size distribution of the particles ejected from the ejector.
  • the agitation gas passing through in the storage container, is fed to the particles present at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed.
  • the particles are agitated in the storage container in order not to cause blocking, agglomeration or bridging, making it possible to obtain a uniform particle size distribution of the particles ejected from the ejector.
  • the agitation gas is fed to the particles present at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed, via the inner wall of the storage container comprised to the ejector.
  • the particles in the storage container are agitated in order not to cause blocking, agglomeration or bridging, making it possible to obtain a uniform particle size distribution of the particles ejected from the ejector.
  • the agitation gas is fed to the particles present at least at the bottom portion of the storage container where the ejection gas nozzle and the discharge tube are disposed, via the inner wall of the storage container comprised to the ejector, the particles in the storage container are agitated in order not to cause blocking, agglomeration or bridging, making it possible to obtain a uniform particle size distribution of the particles ejected from the ejector. Therefore, the coated substrate can be made into a particle-coated substrate in which particles are coated onto the substrate with a uniform particle size distribution.

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  1. Ejecteur destiné à éjecter des particules devant être enrobées sur un substrat, qui comporte:
    un récipient (110) d'emmagasinage entièrement fait d'une matière poreuse, ce récipient (110) d'emmagasinage comportant une zone intérieure (111) apte à enmagasiner des particules dans ce récipient (110) d'emmagasinage et une surface extérieure (113) et étant entouré par un récipient extérieur (140),
    un ajutage (120) d'éjection de gaz s'étendant à partir de l'extérieur du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage juscu'à la zone intérieure (111) et disposé au droit d'une zone (114) du bas du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage, dans une zone de ce dernier où sont emmagasinées les particules, apte à amener jusqu'à la zone intérieure (111) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage un gaz (V2) d'éjection devant être éjecté jusqu'à l'extérieur du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage;
    un tube (130) d'évacuation agencé de façon sensiblement coaxiale avec l'ajutage (120) pour le gaz d'éjection situé au droit de la zone (114) du bas du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage et s'étendant à partir de la zone intérieure (111) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage jusqu'à l'extérieur du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage, et apte à envoyer le gaz d'éjection (V2) et les particules à partir de la zone intérieure (111) jusqu'à l'extérieur du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage; et
    un orifice d'admission (142) pour un gaz d'agitation situé dans le récipient extérieur (140), qui est en communication de fluide avec la surface extérieure (113) du récipient poreux (110) d'emmagasinage, apte à amener un gaz d'agitation à partir de l'extérieur du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage à travers le récipient poreux (110) d'emmagasinage jusqu'à la zone intérieure (111) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage de façon à effectuer une agitation destinée à communiquer un état de fluidisation aux particules présentes au moins au droit de la zone (114) du bas de l'intérieur du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage où sont disposés l'ajutage (120) pour le gaz d'éjection et le tube (130) d'évacuation.
  2. Ejecteur tel que revendiqué par la revendication 1, dans lequel le récipient extérieur (140) constitue une zone (150) formant amortisseur à pression de gaz définie par un dégagement ménagé entre le récipient extérieur (140) et la surface extérieure (113) d'au moins la zone (114) du bas du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage où sont disposés l'ajutage (120) pour le gaz d'éjection et le tube (130) d'évacuation, dans lequel l'orifice (142) d'admission pour le gaz d'agitation est en communication de fluide avec la zone (150) formant amortisseur.
  3. Ejecteur tel que revendiqué par la revendication 2, dans lequel la zone (150) formant amortisseur à pression de gaz est configurée de façon à entourer le récipient (110) d'emmagasinage.
  4. Appareil comprenant un éjecteur (100) tel que revendiqué par la revendication 1 destiné à fabriquer un substrat revêtu de particules, cet appareil comportant:
    un éjecteur (100) tel que revendiqué par la revendication 1;
    un dispositif (210) d'alimentation en particules destiné à fournir des particules jusqu'à la zone intérieure (111) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage de l'éjecteur; et
    un dispositif (230) de revêtement agencé en communication de fluide avec le tube (130) d'évacuation de l'éjecteur (100) et destiné à revêtir un substrat (250) au moyen des particules envoyées au dehors de l'éjecteur (100) par le gaz d'éjection (V2).
  5. Procédé de fabrication d'un substrat revêtu de particules, qui comporte les opérations consistant à:
    (a) amener des particules (260) jusqu'à un récipient (110) d'emmagasinage d'un éjecteur, cet éjecteur (100) comportant: un récipient (110) d'emmagasinage entièrement fait d'une matière poreuse, ce récipient (110) comportant une zone intérieure (111) apte à emmagasiner des particules dans ce récipient (110) d'emmagasinage et une surface extérieure (113) et étant entouré par un récipient extérieur (140);
    (b) agiter les particules (260) au moyen d'un gaz d'agitation fourni à travers un orifice (142) d'admission pour le gaz d'agitation situé dans le récipient extérieur (140), et qui est en communication de fluide avec la surface extérieure (113) du récipient poreux (110) d'emmagasinage à travers le récipient poreux (110) d'emmagasinage jusqu'à la zone intérieure (111) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage de façon à effectuer une agitation destinée à communiquer un état de fluidisation aux particules (260) présentes au moins au droit d'une zone (114) du bas du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage;
    (c) éjecter les particules fluidisées à partir de l'intérieur (111) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage grâce à la fourniture d'un gaz d'éjection à travers un ajutage (120) pour gaz d'éjection qui s'étend à partir de l'extérieur (113) du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage jusqu'à la zone intérieure (111) et qui est disposé au droit de la zone (114) du bas du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage où les particules sont fluidisées, le gaz d'éjection et les particules sortant du récipient (110) d'emmagasinage à travers un tube (130) d'évacuation agencé de façon sensiblement coaxiale avec l'ajutage (120) pour le gaz d'éjection; et
    (d) revêtir un substrat (250) à l'aide d'un dispositif de revêtement au moyen des particules envoyées au dehors du tube (130) d'évacuation par le gaz d'éjection.
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