Apparatus for pulverizing at least one jet of molten metal

US5164198A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Branson Ultraschall Niederlassung der Emerson Techologies GmbH & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Bauckhage · Bremen, DE
• Norbert Kunert · Bremen, DE
• Peter Schreckenberg · Bremen, DE
• Hermann Vetters · Bremen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 1990
• Grant date: Nov 17, 1992
• Expiry date: Jul 11, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22F2999/00
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for pulverizing as least a jet of liquid material, preferrably olten metal. The pulverizing capacity is increased by disposing a plurality of ultrasonic actuators to generate a superimposed ultrasonic field having a very high energy density in at least one nodal area. The liquid material is pulverized in a pressurized gaseous fluid to induce an increased energy transfer for the ultrasonic energy.