Inventors:
Steven A. Miller - Canton MA
Henry J. DeMita - Chelmsford MA
Assignee:
Starmet Corporation - Concord MA
International Classification:
B22F 900
Abstract:
A system and method for producing fine powders. The system includes a rotary atomization device for forming a moving flow of a molten source material; a source of atomizing material; a nozzle for directing a jet of the atomizing material at the moving flow of molten source material for atomizing and for producing fine droplets of the source material; and a chamber for collecting the fine droplets.