Patent ID: 6149707
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: F23G,F26B

Abstract:
A method for removing oil and grease from metal components, comprising:providing said metal components with said oil and grease coated thereon;providing a burnerless oven having an oven interior;supplying said oven with a gas supply;heating said gas supply to a temperature above the vapor points of said oil and grease;exposing said metal components to said heated gas supply by injecting said heated gas supply into said oven interior by at least one high velocity first heated gas stream and at least one low velocity second heated gas stream, whereby said oil and grease evaporate upon contact with said heated gas streams;evacuating said vaporized oil and grease from said oven interior; andoxidizing said vaporized oil and grease subsequent to it being evaporated from said oven interior thereby producing environmentally safe exhaust gas.