公开(公告)号：US20210121954A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US17058585

申请日：2018-11-26

Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Inventor： David Champion ,  Richard Seaver ,  Pavan Suri

IPC: B22F3/10 ,  B22F3/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B22F10/64 ,  B22F10/85 ,  F27D19/00 ,  G01N9/00

Abstract: In an example implementation, a method of operating a sintering furnace includes receiving information about a green object load to be sintered in a sintering furnace, determining a sintering profile based on the information, and performing a sintering process according to the sintering profile. During the sintering process, a sensor reading that indicates a degree of densification of a green object in the load is accessed from a densification sensor. The method includes initiating a cool down phase of the sintering process if the sensor reading has reached a target sensor reading.