Abstract: An apparatus for pulverizing as least a jet of liquid material, preferrably olten metal. The pulverizing capacity is increased by disposing a plurality of ultrasonic actuators to generate a superimposed ultrasonic field having a very high energy density in at least one nodal area. The liquid material is pulverized in a pressurized gaseous fluid to induce an increased energy transfer for the ultrasonic energy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 11, 1990
Date of Patent:
November 17, 1992
Assignee:
Branson Ultaschall Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies GmbH & Co.
Inventors:
Klaus Bauckhage, Norbert Kunert, Peter Schreckenberg, Hermann Vetters