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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1996
John E Flinn, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Joseph V Burch, Shelley, ID (US);
James W Sears, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
A metal alloy is melted in a crucible and ejected from the bottom of the crucible as a descending stream of molten metal. The descending stream is impacted with a plurality of primary inert gas jets surrounding the molten metal stream to produce a plume of atomized molten metal droplets. An inert gas is blown onto a lower portion of the plume with a plurality of auxiliary inert gas jets to deflect the plume into a more restricted pattern of high droplet density, thereby substantially eliminating unwanted overspray and resulting wasted material. The plume is projected onto a moving substrate to form a monolithic metallic product having generally parallel sides.