公开(公告)号：US11872632B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-16

申请号：US18146645

申请日：2022-12-27

Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Ronald C Daul ,  Qigui Wang ,  Ali Shabbir ,  Yucong Wang ,  Andrew J Buckland

IPC: B22F9/06 ,  B01J8/00 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B22F1/17 ,  B22F9/08

CPC classification number: B22F9/06 ,  B01J8/0075 ,  B22F1/17 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B22F2009/0836 ,  B22F2202/06 ,  B22F2999/00

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.