Bliemeister process
The Bliemeister process , named after its inventor Louis W. Bliemeister , is the modern method of producing lead shot in small quantities, which made the shot tower superfluous. In the Bliemeister process, molten lead is poured from a small height (a few millimeters) into hot water or another hot coolant. The resulting metal droplets then roll along an underwater slide to round into balls. The temperature of the water is chosen according to the cooling rate, which depends on the size of the pellets and the purity of the lead. Additions of antimony lower the melting point of lead.
There are now devices based on the Bliemeister process with which you can produce your own lead shot.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holt Bodinson: The romance of lead shot . Guns Magazine. April, 2003. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
Web links
- United States Patent US2978742 English, accessed May 17, 2010