Process for fabricating metal spheres

Details Process for fabricating metal spheres Process for fabricating metal spheres

2006-08-29

2006-08-29

Wyszomierski, George (Department: 1742)

Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therei

Processes

Producing solid particulate free metal directly from liquid...

C075S338000, C075S340000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07097687

ABSTRACT:
A method of forming metal spheres includes ejecting a precisely measured droplet of molten metal from a molten metal mass, buffering the molten metal droplet to reduce the internal kinetic energy of the droplet without solidifying the droplet and cooling the buffered droplet until the droplet solidifies in the form of a metal sphere. An apparatus for fabricating metal spheres includes a droplet generator that generates a droplet from a molten metal mass, a buffering chamber that receives the droplet from the droplet generator, and diminishes internal kinetic energy of the droplet without solidifying the droplet, and a cooling drum that receives the droplet from the buffering chamber, and cools the droplet to the extent that the droplet solidifies into a metal sphere. The apparatus may further include a collector arrangement that receives the metal spheres from the cooling drum and makes the metal sphere available for collection.

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