Patent ID: 11938544
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. The system of claim 1, wherein the metal powder production machine comprises the consumable electrode atomization process wherein the scrap metal or spare parts are fitted into a spindle of the metal powder production machine such that the metal powder production machine becomes a rotating consumable electrode, wherein the spindle and rotating consumable electrode are placed in a chamber of the metal powder production machine that is filled with an inert gas flow, wherein the chamber comprises a nonrotating electrode opposite the rotating consumable electrode through which electricity passes to melt the rotating consumable electrode while the rotating consumable electrode spins such that metal particles separate from the rotating consumable electrode, and wherein the metal particles harden into the scrap metal powder and fall into a collection port of at a bottom of the chamber.