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Tortuous path control valve trim

  • US 9,528,632 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2014
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A valve component for controlling fluid flow, the valve component comprising:

  • a body having a first surface and a second surface;

    at least one tortuous flow channel extending between the first surface and the second surface, the flow channel configured to have a plurality of sections and a plurality of direction changes within the extent between the first surface and the second surface, each section of the flow channel at least partially defined by a floor portion and a ceiling portion;

    the body being formed as one-piece by additive manufacturing to concurrently define the flow channel as a void space; and

    wherein, for each section of the flow channel, each of the floor portion and ceiling portion being disposed at an acute angle relative to a plane containing a layer of material forming the body such that each section of the flow channel has a general chevron cross-sectional shape.

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