Patent ID: 11872632
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A system for producing a powder, the system comprising:
a housing having an enclosure;
a crucible configured to increase a temperature of a first material and produce a melt of the 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 of the first material solidify in the enclosure;
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; and
three or more surfaces in fixed positions within the enclosure configured to contact a stream of the first material and the second material such that the stream of the first material and the second material sequentially slide along the three or more surfaces, pass through passages therebetween, and are directed in a serpentine path of travel.