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

Claim 5:
6. A sinter system comprising:
a support structure to support a sample green object in a sinter furnace;
an opening at a surface of the support structure, the opening to provide a path through the sinter furnace for a tracer gas different from a sinter gas; and
a detector to determine an amount of the tracer gas flowing through the opening 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 through the opening; 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.