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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Probst, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Barry P Fairand, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 10 ; 2191 / ;
Abstract
A process for producing high purity metal powders in which a metal or metal alloy of the desired composition is molten and introduced into a chamber in the form of a stream of a controlled cross sectional area which is fragmentized into a plurality of molten droplets by the impingement of a transversely excited laser having a preselected power to achieve the desired magnitude of fragmentation. The resultant droplets are cooled during their free-fall through the chamber and the solidified metal powder is subsequently recovered from the bottom of the chamber.