[TheForge] how do they make 300 mesh titanium powder?

[James Binnion]

There are several processes for making metal powder. The two I am familiar with are gas or water atomization where a jet of gas or water is blown through a stream of molten metal exiting the bottom opening in a pressurized crucible of molten metal. The resulting power is sieved to get the desired grain size. Here is a video of the process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgiwGmf4fFc 

AFAIK Titanium is only done in the gas (argon) atomization process. 



On Feb 8, 2012, at 9:49 AM, terry l. ridder wrote:

> hello;
> 
> how do they make 300 mesh or even greater mesh of any metal?
> 
> 
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> terry l. ridder ><>
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