Abstract: Apparatus for manufacturing powder, especially metallic powder, by a melt atomization process, comprises a closed container in which a jet of gas is directed transversely into a stream of the melt and breaks it down into droplets which rapidly solidify and are thrown in a parabolic trajectory to the lower part of the container. In the lower part of the container there is an inclined bottom or a shaking table on which the powder flows to an outlet opening. Means are provided for withdrawing gas from the container, cooling it and re-introducing it into the lower part of the container where it is forced by guide means to flow in contact with the powder flowing to the outlet opening. The flow direction of this re-introduced gas is substantially opposite to the direction of flow of the powder to the outlet opening, so that it has an efficient cooling effect on the powder.