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

[terry l. ridder]

hello james;

so basically, similar to how a kerosine torpedo heater atomizes
kerosine.

high pressure gas blows molten metal through an orifice.

actually, this sounds alot like how shotgun pellets use to be made.
molten lead poured though a sieve on a tower as the molten lead droplets
fall into a water pool.

On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, James Binnion wrote:

> 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 ><>
>
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
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>

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