US Patent Issued to ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES on July 1 for "Device and method for producing metal powder using an induction coil and an intermediate coil" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,800, issued on July 1, was assigned to ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hanau, Germany).

"Device and method for producing metal powder using an induction coil and an intermediate coil" was invented by Henrik Franz (Freigericht Horbach, Germany), Christian Lehnert (Hanau, Germany), Markus Winton (Karben, Germany) and Sergejs Spitans (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for producing metal powder. This includes a melting chamber, a downstream atomization tower, and a nozzle assembly for atomizing a melt jet. The device further includes an induction coil disposed within the melting chamber and operated at a me...