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US 2011/0217551 A1Published application
Process for producing metal flakes
AssigneeDunwilco (1198) Limited
InventorIan Robert Wheeler
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Abstract
The present invention provides a jetting process for the production of flakes with uniform size distribution to be used in pigments comprising the steps of ejecting molten metal from a jet head and collecting droplets of metal on a solid collecting substrate or collecting droplets of metal in or on a collecting substrate.
Claims15
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A metal pigment comprising metal flakes having a median particle diameter of 100 μm or less and a particle size distribution such that at least 90% by volume of the metal flakes have a particle diameter within ±25% of the median particle diameter.
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