Professor Singer at the Swansea University first developed the idea of gas atomised spray forming in the 1970s in which a high pressure gas jet impinges on a stable melt stream to cause atomisation. The resulting droplets are then collected on a target, which can be manipulated within the spray and used to form a near-dense billet of near-net shape.
In the 1970s, Professor Singer at Swansea University pioneered gas atomised spray forming. A high-pressure gas jet impacts a stable liquid stream, causing atomisation. The resulting droplets are collected on a target that can be manipulated within the spray to form a nearly dense billet of near-net shape.