Spherical metal powde

摘要

Achieving uniform consistency in metal powders is a challenge. Small particles can weld themselves to larger ones during production, leading to more irregular powders that do not flow effectively and affect the integrity of a component. Liberty Powder Metals Ltd (LPM), a powder metals enterprise at The Materials Processing Institute in Teesside, UK, uses vacuum and anti-satellite technology, developed by Atomising Systems Ltd (ASL) in Sheffield, UK, to manufacture more consistent and higher quality powders. LPM is opening a new factory in Middlesbrough and expects to start production by early 2020. Over the past four years the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative has funded the CASCADE project, which enabled the creation of LPM.