This article discusses the solution to the problem of calculating the processes of crystallization of metal drops in the process of blowing the melt with gas in the production of powders. Calculations of the drop formation process and estimates of the phase transition time and until complete cooling are given depending on the particle size in the range of 50-500 µm with preheating of the gas flow to various temperatures from 0 to 500 degrees C. A technique has been developed for calculating the cooling time of a drop of molten metal in a gas flow during the production of metal powder by the sputtering method, and the ratio of the components of the total drop cooling time has been determined.

Keywords: metal powder, melt spraying, particle cooling, gas flows, heat transfer, additive technologies, technological process, gas dynamic process