IITH, DMRL, Innomet join hands to develop India’s first large-scale gas atomiser

IIT Hyderabad, in partnership with DMRL and Innomet Advanced Materials, has embarked on the indigenous development of a 100 kg inert gas atomiser facility.

Sangareddy: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), in collaboration with the DMRL and Innomet Advanced Materials Limited, has entered into a collaboration for the indigenous development of a large-scale 100 kg inert gas atomizer facility in India.

The initiative marks a major step towards strengthening India’s capabilities in advanced powder metallurgy, aerospace materials, and strategic manufacturing.

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The project, titled “Indigenous Development of Large Scale (100 kg) Inert Gas Atomiser,” is being funded by the DRDO-Industry-Academia (DIA) Centre of Excellence at IIT BHU, Varanasi under Directorate of Futuristic Technology Management (DFTM) of DRDO, with IITH and DMRL playing a key technological and research role alongside industry partner Innomet Advanced Materials Limited.

The initiative aims to establish a state-of-the-art industrial-scale gas atomisation facility capable of producing high-purity spherical metal powders required for next-generation aerospace, defence, energy, and advanced manufacturing applications.

These powders are critical for technologies such as additive manufacturing (3D Printing), hot isostatic pressing (HIP), thermal and protective surface coatings, and high-temperature superalloy components used in gas turbine engines and strategic systems. This project is the result of the success of a 10 kg indigenous gas atomiser developed earlier by the same collaborators.

The facility will focus on indigenous production of advanced alloy powders including nickel-based superalloys for Aerospace applications, ferritic and austenitic steels for nuclear and thermal power systems, cobalt-based alloys for protective coatings, and emerging high-entropy alloys.

The large-scale atomizer facility will be established at Innomet’s Hyderabad premises and will also be made available for DRDO and IIT Hyderabad research activities for the next five years after successful project completion, enabling collaborative research and translational technology development.

Prof BS Murty, Director of IITH, has hailed this initiative, saying that the collaboration will represent a significant milestone in India’s journey toward self-reliance in advanced materials and strategic manufacturing technologies.