Metal powders are highly practical in many applications such as solders, 3D printing, dental
activities, etc. Atomization of molten metals and alloys is one of the common mechanisms for …

Close-coupled gas atomization is extensively used in the industrial production of alloy
powders due to the advantages of high efficiency, low cost and excellent powder properties …

This paper deals with the physics of high-pressure gas atomization in metal powder
production. To gain understanding of the effect of gas pressure on droplet size distribution, a …

In this paper, the principle of gas-solid two-phase atomization methodology for metal powder
is demonstrated. A cost-effective production technology for high-quality metal powder was …

The primary atomization process is simulated by Volume of Fluid (VOF) model and dynamic
adaptive mesh method. The influence of melt mass flow rate and atomization pressure on …

This paper is concerned with the modeling of the Electrode Induction Melting Gas
Atomization (EIGA) process. This process employs a swirling supersonic inert gas jet to …

This paper aims at studying the influence mechanism of gas temperatures (300 K, 400 K,
500 K, and 600 K) on gas atomization by simulating the integral atomization process of the …

Based on computational fluid dynamics method, the effect of atomization gas pressure on
the atomization efficiency of Laval nozzle was studied, and then a discrete phase model was …

During the production of fine metal powder using vacuum induction melting gas atomization
(VIGA) technology, the problem of nozzle clogging is often encountered. The viscosity of …

In this work, an atomizer with a de Laval-type nozzle is designed and studied by commercial
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, and the secondary breakup process during …