Centrifugal spray deposition of aluminium strip

Abstract

Molten aluminium has been centnfugally atomized and the spray of liquid particles directed on to a cold substrate on which it deposited to form a porous aluminium strip. The deposited strip was subsequently rolled to consolidate it and to improve its mechanical properties. The effects of varying the conditions of atomizing and deposition on the density and strength of the porous and hot-rolled strip were examined.