(19)
(11) EP 1 913 994 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.12.2009 Bulletin 2009/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.04.2008 Bulletin 2008/17

(21) Application number: 07020543.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.10.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B01F 3/08(2006.01)
B01F 5/06(2006.01)
B01F 13/00(2006.01)
B01F 15/00(2006.01)
 B01F 3/12(2006.01)
B01F 11/02(2006.01)
B01F 13/10(2006.01)
B02C 19/18(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 20.10.2006 JP 2006285664

(71) Applicant: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-8466 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kato, Hajime
    Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-8466 (JP)
  • Ito, Yuzuro
    Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-8466 (JP)
  • Tsudome, Hidekazu
    Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-8466 (JP)
  • Endo, Yoshishige
    Toshima-ku Tokyo 170-8466 (JP)

(74) Representative: Beetz & Partner 
Patentanwälte Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Emulsification apparatus and fine-grain manufacturing apparatus


(57) A fine-grain manufacturing apparatus 100 has a fluid device including a microscopic channel that has an orifice 203, 204, 205 which brings liquid to a jet 310, a channel wall having a piezoelectric element 206, 207 that actively oscillates liquid, and a unit that measures the diameter of grains floating in a fluid and the number of grains. The piezoelectric element 206, 207 oscillates to skid in the same direction as the flowing direction of a fluid. The fine-grain manufacturing apparatus 100 mass-produces grains having diameters thereof controlled.







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