Controlled process for the production of a spray of atomized metal droplets
CA 2080184 A1 · Owner: Mourer, David P. · Inventors: Mourer, David P.; Christensen, Roy W.
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A process and apparatus for producing a spray of atomized metal droplets includes providing an apparatus that forms a spray of molten metal droplets, the apparatus including a metal source and a metal stream atomizer, producing a stream of liquid metal from the metal source, and atomizing the stream of liquid metal with the metal stream atomizer to form the spray of molten metal droplets. A controlled spray of atomized metal droplets is achieved by selectively varying the temperature of the droplets in the spray of molten metal droplets the step of selectively varying including the step of varying the flow rate of metal produced by the metal source, responsive to a command signal and, …
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- Filed October 8, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 8, 2012.
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