IIT Hyderabad DRDO and Innomet build indigenous 100 kg inert gas atomizer to power aerospace and defence powders

Published on 15 May 2026

A 100 kg atomizer aims to replace imported alloy powder

IIT Hyderabad has teamed up with DRDO’s Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) and Hyderabad-based Innomet Advanced Materials to develop India’s first large-scale 100 kg inert gas atomizer. Funded through DRDO’s DIA Centre of Excellence at IIT BHU, the project will create high-purity spherical alloy powders for aerospace, defence, additive manufacturing, and strategic applications. Set up at Innomet’s premises, the facility will also support DRDO and IIT Hyderabad research for five years and scale from an earlier 10 kg success.

Project builds an indigenous large-scale 100 kg inert gas atomizer facility
Partners are IIT Hyderabad, DRDO DMRL, and Innomet Advanced Materials
Funded by DRDO DIA Centre of Excellence at IIT BHU under DFTM
Will produce spherical high-purity powders for AM, HIP, coatings, and superalloys
Targets materials including nickel superalloys, steels for nuclear systems, cobalt alloys, and high-entropy alloys
Facility at Innomet’s Hyderabad site will support research for five years

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IIT Hyderabad DRDO and Innomet build indigenous 100 kg inert gas atomizer to power aerospace and defence powders

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