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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Anthony M. Tenzek, Hanoverton, OH (US);
Inventor:
Anthony M. Tenzek, Hanoverton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corporation, Warren, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are presented for producing shot from molten material, in which two or more sprays of inert gas, such as an upper or primary spray followed by one or more lower or secondary sprays, are used to break apart large molten droplets into shot as the molten material is dropped from a crucible orifice. The upper or primary gas feed in one application acts to initially break the stream or droplets into initial droplets of a lesser size or to flatten the droplets, with the second spray then breaking up the intermediate droplets into yet smaller shot particles to be cooled and collected.