A machine and a method for treating cakes from additive manufacturing processes, wherein the cake contains residual powders and sintered pieces is disclosed. The machine includes a cylindrical vibrating body which is placed in a position above a vibratory finishing or tumbling or vibro-blasting machine and is separated from the vibratory finishing or tumbling or vibro-blasting machine by a remotely operable door and the cylindrical vibrating body obtains its vibration from the machine below. The machine includes means for destructuring the cake in order to obtain the separation of the non-sintered powder from the sintered pieces present in the cake and means for recovering the powder resulting from the destructuring of the cake.

A screening apparatus comprising a body, a drive system for imparting vibrations to the body, and screen media that is coupled to the body by a resilient coupling mechanism that allows oscillatory movement of the screen media with respect to the body. In response to vibration of the body, the resilient coupling mechanism causes the screen media to oscillate in a manner that is amplified with respect to the vibration of the body. The amplification may depend on the frequency of the vibrations of the body and/or on the mass of any material gathered on the screen media.

A sieve guide assembly and a method of fractionation using a sieve guide assembly comprising a circular sieve screen (190) and a sieve guide 310 mountable in a fractionating device, wherein the fractionating device comprises a drive adapted for: (i) in combination with a sieve screen without a sieve guide, inducing a lateral flow of granules defining lateral streamlines 31a.1. 31b.1, 31c.1, 31d.1 and an orbital flow defining orbital streamlines 31a.2. 31b.2, 31c.2, 31d.2, 31d.3 on the sieve screen (190), and (ii) in combination with the sieve guide assembly, inducing a guided lateral flow of granules defining guided lateral streamlines (331.3) and a central guided orbital flow defining central orbital streamlines (331.2) on the sieve screen (190), whereby the sieve guide assembly is adapted to provide a uniform, controlled and effective exposure of the granules to the sieve screen.

A screening system for separating/screening a conveying medium formed as fluid, powder and/or bulk material comprising a screening system inlet, a screening system outlet, a screen between the inlet and outlet, a feeding system for feeding the medium upstream of the inlet and/or the screen, a transport path between the inlet means and the outlet means, which is delimited by a conveyor channel line, a flow-limiting means wherein the volume flow of the conveying medium can be changeably limited is arranged in or down-stream from the transport path that comprises a flat transport surface, which is formed as a flat metering plate and a metering plate edge forms the outlet means of the feeding system, the flow-limiting means comprises an outlet opening wherein the outlet opening size can be changed to change the volume flow of the medium, which passes through the outlet opening that is arranged at the end of a conveyor channel or line of the feeding system, the outlet opening is arranged between the conveyor channel or line and the outlet means, in particular upstream of or on the transport surface and an oscillation can be applied to the medium.

Disclosed herein is a acoustic concentration of particles in a fluid flow that includes a substantially acoustically transparent membrane and a vibration generator that define a fluid flow path therebetween. The fluid flow path is in fluid communication with a fluid source and a fluid outlet and the vibration generator is disposed adjacent the fluid flow path and is capable of producing an acoustic field in the fluid flow path. The acoustic field produces at least one pressure minima in the fluid flow path at a predetermined location within the fluid flow path and forces predetermined particles in the fluid flow path to the at least one pressure minima.

A device (10′) for welding components by ultrasound. The device (10′) comprises a sonotrode (11′) having a sonotrode head (12′) which can be excited by a vibration generator to produce torsion vibrations with respect to a torsion axis (T). At least one welding surface (14′) is arranged on the peripheral side on the sonotrode head (12′) with respect to the torsion axis (T). The device (10′) also comprises a support device (15′) which supports the sonotrode head (11′) in a support area (16′), which contains a vibration node of the sonotrode head (12′). The support area (16′) and the welding surface (14′) at least partially extend along a common plane (E) which extends perpendicular to the torsion axis (T). A device (10′) for welding components by ultrasound by using a temperature control device are also disclosed.

A machine and a method for treating cakes from additive manufacturing processes, wherein the cake contains residual powders and sintered pieces is disclosed. The machine includes a cylindrical vibrating body which is placed in a position above a vibratory finishing or tumbling or vibro-blasting machine and is separated from the vibratory finishing or tumbling or vibro-blasting machine by a remotely operable door and the cylindrical vibrating body obtains its vibration from the machine below. The machine includes means for destructuring the cake in order to obtain the separation of the non-sintered powder from the sintered pieces present in the cake and means for recovering the powder resulting from the destructuring of the cake.

A device, which serves to separate particles of a bulk material, which is deliverable at an input location and is removable processed in different or at least approximately unitary particle sizes at an output location, includes at least one separating element, which has a metal separating plate with through-openings provided therein, which separating element can be provided with ultrasonic energy and for this purpose is connected to an ultrasonic transducer and which is held by a holding device. The holding device is a mounting shaft, which is held at one end or at both ends fixedly or movably, in particular rotatably and/or axially displaceable, and which at one end or at both ends is connected to an ultrasonic transducer, by means of which ultrasonic energy is couplable via the mounting shaft into the separating element, which is designed to be dimensionally stable.

A device, which serves to separate particles of a bulk material, which is deliverable at an input location and is removable processed in different or at least approximately unitary particle sizes at an output location, includes at least one separating element, which has a metal separating plate with through-openings provided therein, which separating element can be provided with ultrasonic energy and for this purpose is connected to an ultrasonic transducer and which is held by a holding device. The holding device is a mounting shaft, which is held at one end or at both ends fixedly or movably, in particular rotatably and/or axially displaceable, and which at one end or at both ends is connected to an ultrasonic transducer, by means of which ultrasonic energy is couplable via the mounting shaft into the separating element, which is designed to be dimensionally stable.

A method of washing and grading silica sand for glass production includes removing trash and relatively large contaminants from a sand feed material via a sequence of multiple vibrating screens, collection sumps, hydrocyclones, a density separator, a classification tank, and a dewatering screen. The resulting silica sand product is suitable for glass production.