APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FIBERS

摘要

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FIBERS Molten material, especially metals, can be formed directly into fiber by allowing a stream of molten material to flow across a ramp member, thereby forming a thin layer of molten material, under sustantially no hydrostatic pressure. At an outlet end of the ramp member, a wheel bearing a plurality of ridges passes through the thin layer of molten material thereby drawing out a plurality of filaments. The apparatus avoids the problem of strip formation encountered in prior art apparatus using a plurality of closely spaced ridges.