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

Claim 9:
10. A method for producing a powder, the method comprising:
increasing a temperature of a first material in a crucible sufficient to produce a melt thereof;
providing the melt from the crucible to a droplet device and producing a flow of droplets of the melt of the first material within an enclosure of a housing with the droplet device, wherein the droplets of the first material solidify within the enclosure;
propelling a second material into the flow of droplets of the first material within the enclosure with a first distribution device and propelling a third material into the flow of droplets of the first material within the enclosure with a second distribution device such that the second material and the third material are mixed with the droplets of the first material to produce the powder that includes the first material, the second material, the third material, and/or one or more reaction products thereof.