Patent ID: 11865618
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A sinter system comprising:
a sinter gas inlet at a sinter furnace for a sinter gas;
a tracer gas inlet at the sinter furnace for a tracer gas different from the sinter gas;
an outlet at the sinter furnace to output the sinter gas and the tracer gas;
a support structure to support a sample green object in the sinter furnace;
an opening at the support structure connected to the tracer gas inlet, the opening to output the tracer gas into the sinter furnace;
a detector to determine an amount of the tracer gas flowing through the outlet during a sinter process as the sample green object positioned on the support structure changes shape during the sinter process with respect to the opening and modifies a flow rate of the tracer gas to the outlet; and
a controller in communication with the detector, the controller to determine when to stop the sinter process based on a determined amount of the tracer gas.