DEVICE FOR ION TREATMENT OF WIRE MATERIALS Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: electronic ion-beam engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has cylindrical housing accommodating cathode and cylindrical gas- discharge chamber of anode with gauze cylinder inside it. Wire being treated is drawn though insulators along device axis. Newly introduced in device is separately evacuated additional chamber. On wire side, additional chamber has inlet hole; separately evacuated hollow cone with coaxial material type detector is secured coaxially to it. Gases released from wire go through inlet hole to separately evacuated additional chamber. Gas dynamic flow separation takes place under effect of pressure drop with the result that heavy component (cleaned material) is concentrated about axis and light component is carried away to periphery. Intake cone releases flow of molecules of main component which is recorded by sensor. Quality and capacity are adjusted by intensity of sensor signal. EFFECT: improved capacity and quality of wire material treatment by ion beam. 1 dwg