Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Goetzewerke Friedrich Goetze A.g.

Nederlandsche Wapen-en Munitiefabriek De Kruithoorn N.v.

Norbert Dautzenberg

Josef Hewing

Horst Beyer

Ulrich Buran

Karl-Heinz Lindner

Georg Huber

Klaus Grebe

Klaus Vossen

Henri Weber

Hans De Haas

Joseph Hewing

Dieter Bernhardt

Richard Lummer

Max Michalke

Process for preparing a powder mixture and its use

Iron powder of high compressibility and low bulk density is made by atomizing a stream of molten steel by means of a conical jet of water at a rate in excess of 10 cubic meters water per metric ton of steel, the half cone angle is between 40.degree. and 60.degree., preferably 45.degree.; and air suction is provided in a region upstream from the cone, adjacent to the stream at a pressure of 0.02 to 0.20 bars below ambient, by means of a length adjustable tube extending down from the nozzle chamber. The powder is reduced at 1,000.degree. C. to 1,200.degree. C., and the resulting cake is broken up to obtain a powder having a particle size distribution with a higher content of larger particles than the powder immediately resulting from the atomization.

Making iron powder

A sinterable material for use as sealing strips for rotary piston engines, the material being based on a known mixture of iron and vanadium carbide and further including a material which will be liquid at the sintering temperature and which will wet the carbide grains and partially dissolve them to give them a rounded form in the finished strip.

Sinter material for sealing strips in rotary piston engines

Iron oxide particles are made by spray calcination and the oxide is reduced at least substantially in CO at temperatures between 800.degree. and 1000.degree. C. The oxide is heat-treated prior to calcination or CaO is added to enhance formation of iron fibers. The reducing atmosphere may in parts include hydrogen or the last phase of reduction is carried out in hydrogen. The iron cake is cooled and broken up in a grinder. The resulting powder has low bulk density due to a fiber-like, non-porous consistency of its particles. Grinding may continue to increase bulk density.

Method of making iron powder

An iron powder is compressed into a disintegrating bullet used for practice ammunition. The powder having a predetermined particle dimension is obtained by atomizing a molten mass of steel with pressurized water. The powder is annealed subsequently, then crushed, scrubbed and sieved to obtain particles at a size preferably between 0.4 to 1 mm.

Method of making dummy bullets

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