Ald Vacuum Technologies Gmbh

Markus Winton

Henrik Franz

Sergejs Spitans

Christian Lehnert

Franz Pfahls

Hans-Jürgen Radtke

A device for producing metal powder. This includes a melting chamber, a downstream atomization tower, and a nozzle assembly for atomizing a melt jet. The device further includes an induction coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a melting frequency f, the induction coil is adapted to locally melt a material rod at least section-wise received therein, to produce the melt jet to be atomized, and a separate intermediate coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a base frequency f, wherein said intermediate coil is disposed downstream of the induction coil and aligned coaxially with the induction coil. The intermediate coil is configured to superheat the melt jet in a region between the induction coil and the nozzle assembly. The following applies to a frequency ratio Fof the base frequency fto the melting frequency f, 1≤F=f/f≤500.

Device and method for producing metal powder using an induction coil and an intermediate coil

The invention relates to an EIGA coil () for partial melting an electrode (). The EIGA coil () comprises a plurality of windings (A,B,C) which are coaxially arranged with respect to a center axis (M) and axially spaced from each other, wherein each of the plurality of windings (A,B,C) is formed in the shape of a ring interrupted by a gap (A,B,C) and equidistant with respect to the center axis (M) and extending in a plane perpendicular to the center axis (M). Adjacent windings (A,B;B,C) of the plurality of windings (A,B,C) are respectively connected to each other via a connecting portion (AB,BC;AB,BC).

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