Ald Vacuum Technologies Gmbh

Ald Vacuum Technologies Ag

Bernd Sitzmann

Franz Hugo

Matthias Blum

Wilfried Goy

Michael Protzmann

Hans-Johann Kemmer

Hilmar Lippert

Johannes Fachinger

Sven Herdler

A current connection suitable for transferring high-frequency, high-amp current consists of a stationary feed line part (2) and a rotational part (4), each of which is connected to paired conductor rails (6, 8; 6', 8'). The conductor rails (6, 8; 16, 18), connected at one end to a power generator and at the other end to the stationary feed line part (2), consist essentially of at least two parallel conductor rails, which are kept a certain distance apart by means of an insulator (5a). As a result of flexible power conductors (10, 10'), electrically conductive manner to the circular periphery of the outer conductor ring (14), the other end to inner conductor ring (15), the rotational part (4) can be rotated with respect to the stationary feed line part (2) in correspondence with the length of the current conductors (10, 10', . . . ; 11, 11', . . . ). The conductor rail (16, 18), consisting of two individual conductors (16, 18), is connected electrically to the individual poles of the rotational part (4) and projects at the other end through a leadthrough plate (20) into a sealable process chamber, in which, by means of the rotatable power connection, a melting device can be supplied with operating current. By means of the power connection, currents of up to I=20,000 A at voltages of up to U=500 V and at operating frequencies of up to f=10 kHz can be transferred.

Rotary conductor rail leadthrough

For the production of particles from castings (10) of metals from the group of the lanthanides, aluminum, boron, chromium, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, nickel, niobium, cobalt, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, and their alloys, which have solidified in an oriented manner, especially for the production of materials from the group of magnetic materials, hydrogen storage elements (hydride storage elements), and battery electrodes, a melt of the metal is applied in a nonreactive atmosphere to the inside of an at least essentially cylindrical cooling surface (9) according to the principle of centrifugal casting. The cylinder rotates at high speed around a rotational axis, and the melt is cooled proceeding from the outside toward the inside with an essentially radial direction of solidification. The hollow casting (10) is then reduced to particles. The melt is preferably applied to the rotating cooling surface (9) in a thickness which is no more than 10%, and preferably no more than 5%, of the diameter of the cooling surface (9), and the diameter of the cooling surface (9) is at least 200 mm, and preferably at least 500 mm.

Process and apparatus for the production of particles from castings

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