Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for producing powders from two or more materials
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Application No.: US18146645Application Date: 2022-12-27
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Publication No.: US11872632B1Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Ronald C Daul , Qigui Wang , Ali Shabbir , Yucong Wang , Andrew J Buckland
- Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Lorenz & Kopf LLP
- Main IPC: B22F9/06
- IPC: B22F9/06 ; B01J8/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B22F1/17 ; B22F9/08

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for producing powders. The system includes a housing having an enclosure, a crucible configured to produce a melt of a first material, a droplet device configured to receive the melt of the first material from the crucible and produce a flow of droplets of the melt of the first material within the enclosure of the housing, wherein the droplets solidify within the enclosure, and a distribution device configured to propel a second material into the flow of droplets of the first material within the enclosure such that the second material is mixed with the droplets of the first material to produce the powder that includes the first material, the second material, and/or a reaction product thereof.
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