chill-block melt spinning

chill-block melt spinning

[′chil ‚bläk ′melt ‚spin·iŋ] (metallurgy) A rapid quenching process in which a jet of molten metal is directed onto a cold moving surface, such as a spinning disk, where the jet is shaped and solidified; quench rates are 1000 to 1,000,000 K per second.