Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market Research Report
Global Info Research‘s report offers an in-depth look into the current and future trends in Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment, making it an invaluable resource for businesses involved in the sector. This data will help companies make informed decisions on research and development, product design, and marketing strategies. It also provides insights into Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment’ cost structure, raw material sources, and production processes. Additionally, it offers an understanding of the regulations and policies that are likely to shape the future of the industry. In essence, our report can help you stay ahead of the curve and better capitalize on industry trends.
The global Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment market size is expected to reach $ 219 million by 2031, rising at a market growth of 13.7% CAGR during the forecast period (2025-2031).
In this report, we will assess the current U.S. tariff framework alongside international policy adaptations, analyzing their effects on competitive market structures, regional economic dynamics, and supply chain resilience.
Vacuum induction melting and inert gas atomization is the leading process for production of a variety of high-performance metal powders and essential for quality manufacturing of Ni-based super-alloys as well as Fe-, Co-, Cr-based and other special alloy powders. In the VIGA system, a vacuum induction melting unit is integrated with an inert gas atomization unit. The starting materials are melted using electromagnetic induction which couples electrical power into the crucible/material under vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere. Once the desired melt homogeneity and chemical composition have been achieved, the material is poured into a tundish by crucible tilting. The fine metal stream flowing from the tundish orifice into the atomization nozzle system is subject to a high-pressure, inert-gas jet and then atomized. The combination of molten metal and gas jet creates a spray of micro-droplets that solidifies in the atomization tower and forms fine powder with spherical shape.
VIGA is where the melting and pouring of the alloy prior to atomisation is carried out in a vacuum chamber, to allow the production of the most oxidation-sensitive and reactive alloys, especially Fe-, Ni- and Co-based alloys containing Al, titanium and rare earths. This includes ‘superalloys’ such as IN718, maraging steels and M-Cr-Al-Y alloys. This technique was developed from the 1950s and 1960s when there was a push to explore the potential benefits of rapid solidification (RS) to allow the production of more highly alloyed superalloys for aerospace and defence applications. This proved to be a very challenging field of application but, after several decades of development, is now absorbing many thousands of tonnes per year of VIGA-produced superalloy powders. This intensive development has meant that the technology lends itself well to producing powders for HIP, MIM and AM. Oxygen contents in the 50–200 ppm range are achievable. Particle shape is, again, spherical with mis-shapes. Particle sizes are as for IGA.
By 1940, air atomisation was a well-established process for the production of zinc, aluminium, and probably also copper/brass/bronze powders. During World War Two, German engineers applied it to pig iron for iron powder production using the RZ process (Roheisen Zunder-Verfahren or ‘pig iron ignition process’). In the 1950s, W D Jones in the UK worked on inert gas atomisation as well as water atomisation and, by the 1960s, plants were being built for thermal spray alloy powder production of the NiCrBSi self-fluxing type. The development of Powder Metallurgy of high alloys and the concept of Rapid Solidification (RS) for refinement of microstructures led to the construction in Sweden of inert gas atomisers for tool steels, which went commercial on a 1–2 t scale in the 1970s. At the same time, the US government invested heavily in R&D on RS superalloys for aerospace and the first Vacuum Inert Gas Atomiser (VIGA) units were constructed with 100–300 kg capacity.
Since then, the use of inert gas atomisation (IGA) with air melting, as well as VIGA, has become widespread in use for thermal spray powders, PM superalloys, AM powders, and MIM powders. VIGA production of superalloy powders in the US alone now amounts to something in the order of 10–20 kt/year.
Inert gas atomisation is the method of choice for more demanding applications, such as MIM, AM, HIP, HVOF, brazing pastes, etc. Nitrogen is the most economic option, but argon is also used on reactive alloys like superalloys and titanium. Helium is used mostly in the production of aluminium and magnesium powders, but there is currently a huge incentive to switch to argon due to the unstable supply and high cost of helium. Total installed capacity of IGA and VIGA probably approaches 100 kt/ year, with large numbers of plants in different countries and industries. They range from tiny plants for a few kgs of precious metal brazing alloy to 3 t/h continuous plants for tool steel production. The fact that they are mostly processing relatively valuable metals and alloys (high value-added, large margin applications) makes small, local, plants economically feasible as opposed to iron powder plants, where low cost and economy of scale is imperative.
Global 5 largest manufacturers of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment are ALD, PSI, Consarc, Arcast and ACME, which make up over 70%. Among them, ALD is the leader with about 25% market share.
Americas is the largest market, with a share about 45%, followed by Europe and APAC, with the share about 30% and 23%. In terms of product type, Medium VIGA Systems (50~250 kg) occupies the largest share of the total market, about 62%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Metal Powder Manufacturer, followed by Universities and Research Institutes.
This report studies the global Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment production, demand, key manufacturers, and key regions.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the world market for Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment and provides market size (US$ million) and Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth, considering 2024 as the base year. This report explores demand trends and competition, as well as details the characteristics of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment that contribute to its increasing demand across many markets.
Our Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market report is a comprehensive study of the current state of the industry. It provides a thorough overview of the market landscape, covering factors such as market size, competitive landscape, key market trends, and opportunities for future growth. It also pinpoints the key players in the market, their strategies, and offerings.
The global Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment market size is expected to reach $ 219 million by 2031, rising at a market growth of 13.7% CAGR during the forecast period (2025-2031).
In this report, we will assess the current U.S. tariff framework alongside international policy adaptations, analyzing their effects on competitive market structures, regional economic dynamics, and supply chain resilience.
Vacuum induction melting and inert gas atomization is the leading process for production of a variety of high-performance metal powders and essential for quality manufacturing of Ni-based super-alloys as well as Fe-, Co-, Cr-based and other special alloy powders. In the VIGA system, a vacuum induction melting unit is integrated with an inert gas atomization unit. The starting materials are melted using electromagnetic induction which couples electrical power into the crucible/material under vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere. Once the desired melt homogeneity and chemical composition have been achieved, the material is poured into a tundish by crucible tilting. The fine metal stream flowing from the tundish orifice into the atomization nozzle system is subject to a high-pressure, inert-gas jet and then atomized. The combination of molten metal and gas jet creates a spray of micro-droplets that solidifies in the atomization tower and forms fine powder with spherical shape.
VIGA is where the melting and pouring of the alloy prior to atomisation is carried out in a vacuum chamber, to allow the production of the most oxidation-sensitive and reactive alloys, especially Fe-, Ni- and Co-based alloys containing Al, titanium and rare earths. This includes ‘superalloys’ such as IN718, maraging steels and M-Cr-Al-Y alloys. This technique was developed from the 1950s and 1960s when there was a push to explore the potential benefits of rapid solidification (RS) to allow the production of more highly alloyed superalloys for aerospace and defence applications. This proved to be a very challenging field of application but, after several decades of development, is now absorbing many thousands of tonnes per year of VIGA-produced superalloy powders. This intensive development has meant that the technology lends itself well to producing powders for HIP, MIM and AM. Oxygen contents in the 50–200 ppm range are achievable. Particle shape is, again, spherical with mis-shapes. Particle sizes are as for IGA.
By 1940, air atomisation was a well-established process for the production of zinc, aluminium, and probably also copper/brass/bronze powders. During World War Two, German engineers applied it to pig iron for iron powder production using the RZ process (Roheisen Zunder-Verfahren or ‘pig iron ignition process’). In the 1950s, W D Jones in the UK worked on inert gas atomisation as well as water atomisation and, by the 1960s, plants were being built for thermal spray alloy powder production of the NiCrBSi self-fluxing type. The development of Powder Metallurgy of high alloys and the concept of Rapid Solidification (RS) for refinement of microstructures led to the construction in Sweden of inert gas atomisers for tool steels, which went commercial on a 1–2 t scale in the 1970s. At the same time, the US government invested heavily in R&D on RS superalloys for aerospace and the first Vacuum Inert Gas Atomiser (VIGA) units were constructed with 100–300 kg capacity.
Since then, the use of inert gas atomisation (IGA) with air melting, as well as VIGA, has become widespread in use for thermal spray powders, PM superalloys, AM powders, and MIM powders. VIGA production of superalloy powders in the US alone now amounts to something in the order of 10–20 kt/year.
Inert gas atomisation is the method of choice for more demanding applications, such as MIM, AM, HIP, HVOF, brazing pastes, etc. Nitrogen is the most economic option, but argon is also used on reactive alloys like superalloys and titanium. Helium is used mostly in the production of aluminium and magnesium powders, but there is currently a huge incentive to switch to argon due to the unstable supply and high cost of helium. Total installed capacity of IGA and VIGA probably approaches 100 kt/ year, with large numbers of plants in different countries and industries. They range from tiny plants for a few kgs of precious metal brazing alloy to 3 t/h continuous plants for tool steel production. The fact that they are mostly processing relatively valuable metals and alloys (high value-added, large margin applications) makes small, local, plants economically feasible as opposed to iron powder plants, where low cost and economy of scale is imperative.
Global 5 largest manufacturers of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment are ALD, PSI, Consarc, Arcast and ACME, which make up over 70%. Among them, ALD is the leader with about 25% market share.
Americas is the largest market, with a share about 45%, followed by Europe and APAC, with the share about 30% and 23%. In terms of product type, Medium VIGA Systems (50~250 kg) occupies the largest share of the total market, about 62%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Metal Powder Manufacturer, followed by Universities and Research Institutes.
This report studies the global Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment production, demand, key manufacturers, and key regions.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the world market for Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment and provides market size (US$ million) and Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth, considering 2024 as the base year. This report explores demand trends and competition, as well as details the characteristics of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment that contribute to its increasing demand across many markets.
Our Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market report is a comprehensive study of the current state of the industry. It provides a thorough overview of the market landscape, covering factors such as market size, competitive landscape, key market trends, and opportunities for future growth. It also pinpoints the key players in the market, their strategies, and offerings.
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The research report encompasses the prevailing trends embraced by major manufacturers in the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market, such as the adoption of innovative technologies, government investments in research and development, and a growing emphasis on sustainability. Moreover, our research team has furnished essential data to illuminate the manufacturer's role within the regional and global markets.
The research study includes profiles of leading companies operating in the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market:
The report is structured into chapters, with an introductory executive summary providing historical and estimated global market figures. This section also highlights the segments and reasons behind their progression or decline during the forecast period. Our insightful Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market report incorporates Porter's five forces analysis and SWOT analysis to decipher the factors influencing consumer and supplier behavior.
The research study includes profiles of leading companies operating in the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market:
The report is structured into chapters, with an introductory executive summary providing historical and estimated global market figures. This section also highlights the segments and reasons behind their progression or decline during the forecast period. Our insightful Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market report incorporates Porter's five forces analysis and SWOT analysis to decipher the factors influencing consumer and supplier behavior.
Segmenting the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market by application, type, service, technology, and region, each chapter offers an in-depth exploration of market nuances. This segment-based analysis provides readers with a closer look at market opportunities and threats while considering the political dynamics that may impact the market. Additionally, the report scrutinizes evolving regulatory scenarios to make precise investment projections, assesses the risks for new entrants, and gauges the intensity of competitive rivalry.
Major players covered: ALD、 Consarc、 PSI、 SMS Group、 Arcast、 Topcast、 Avimetal、 VMP、 ACME、 Zhuzhou ShuangLing、 Hunan Skyline、 Zhuzhou Hanhe
Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market by Type: Small VIGA Systems (<50 kg)、 Medium VIGA Systems (50~250 kg)、 Large VIGA Systems (≥250 kg)
Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market by Application: Metal Powder Manufacturer、 Universities and Research Institutes
Key Profits for Industry Members and Stakeholders:
Major players covered: ALD、 Consarc、 PSI、 SMS Group、 Arcast、 Topcast、 Avimetal、 VMP、 ACME、 Zhuzhou ShuangLing、 Hunan Skyline、 Zhuzhou Hanhe
Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market by Type: Small VIGA Systems (<50 kg)、 Medium VIGA Systems (50~250 kg)、 Large VIGA Systems (≥250 kg)
Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment Market by Application: Metal Powder Manufacturer、 Universities and Research Institutes
Key Profits for Industry Members and Stakeholders:
1. The report includes a plethora of information such as market dynamics scenario and opportunities during the forecast period.
2. Which regulatory trends at corporate-level, business-level, and functional-level strategies.
3. Which are the End-User technologies being used to capture new revenue streams in the near future.
4. The competitive landscape comprises share of key players, new developments, and strategies in the last three years.
5. One can increase a thorough grasp of market dynamics by looking at prices as well as the actions of producers and users.
6 Comprehensive companies offering products, relevant financial information, recent developments, SWOT analysis, and strategies by these players.
2. Which regulatory trends at corporate-level, business-level, and functional-level strategies.
3. Which are the End-User technologies being used to capture new revenue streams in the near future.
4. The competitive landscape comprises share of key players, new developments, and strategies in the last three years.
5. One can increase a thorough grasp of market dynamics by looking at prices as well as the actions of producers and users.
6 Comprehensive companies offering products, relevant financial information, recent developments, SWOT analysis, and strategies by these players.
The content of the study subjects, includes a total of 15 chapters:
Chapter 1, to describe Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment product scope, market overview, market estimation caveats and base year.
Chapter 2, to profile the top manufacturers of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment, with price, sales, revenue and global market share of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment from 2020 to 2025.
Chapter 3, the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment competitive situation, sales quantity, revenue and global market share of top manufacturers are analyzed emphatically by landscape contrast.
Chapter 4, the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment breakdown data are shown at the regional level, to show the sales quantity, consumption value and growth by regions, from 2020 to 2031.
Chapter 5 and 6, to segment the sales by Type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2020 to 2031.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, to break the sales data at the country level, with sales quantity, consumption value and market share for key countries in the world, from 2020 to 2024.and Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2025 to 2031.
Chapter 12, market dynamics, drivers, restraints, trends and Porters Five Forces analysis.
Chapter 13, the key raw materials and key suppliers, and industry chain of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment.
Chapter 14 and 15, to describe Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment sales channel, distributors, customers, research findings and conclusion.
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Chapter 1, to describe Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment product scope, market overview, market estimation caveats and base year.
Chapter 2, to profile the top manufacturers of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment, with price, sales, revenue and global market share of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment from 2020 to 2025.
Chapter 3, the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment competitive situation, sales quantity, revenue and global market share of top manufacturers are analyzed emphatically by landscape contrast.
Chapter 4, the Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment breakdown data are shown at the regional level, to show the sales quantity, consumption value and growth by regions, from 2020 to 2031.
Chapter 5 and 6, to segment the sales by Type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2020 to 2031.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, to break the sales data at the country level, with sales quantity, consumption value and market share for key countries in the world, from 2020 to 2024.and Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2025 to 2031.
Chapter 12, market dynamics, drivers, restraints, trends and Porters Five Forces analysis.
Chapter 13, the key raw materials and key suppliers, and industry chain of Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment.
Chapter 14 and 15, to describe Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization Equipment sales channel, distributors, customers, research findings and conclusion.
About Us:
Global Info Research
Web: https://www.globalinforesearch.com
CN: 0086-176 6505 2062
HK: 00852-58030175
US: 001-347 966 1888
Email: report@globalinforesearch.com
Global Info Research is a company that digs deep into global industry information to support enterprises with market strategies and in-depth market development analysis reports. We provides market information consulting services in the global region to support enterprise strategic planning and official information reporting, and focuses on customized research, management consulting, IPO consulting, industry chain research, database and top industry services. At the same time, Global Info Research is also a report publisher, a customer and an interest-based suppliers, and is trusted by more than 30,000 companies around the world. We will always carry out all aspects of our business with excellent expertise and experience.
