Thermal Spray Fundamentals From Powder to Part /

• Main Authors: Fauchais, Pierre L. (Author), Heberlein, Joachim V.R (Author), Boulos, Maher I. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Fluid mechanics.; Industrial engineering.; Tribology.; Corrosion and anti-corrosives.; Coatings.; Materials Science.; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.

This book provides readers with the fundamentals necessary for understanding thermal spray technology. Coverage includes in-depth discussions of various thermal spray processes, feedstock materials, particle-jet interactions, and associated yet very critical topics: diagnostics, current and emerging...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of thermal spray
• Basic concepts of combustion and thermal plasma
• Flame or plasma - partivcle interactions
• Combustion spraying systems
• Cold spray
• D.C. plasma spraying
• R.F. induction plasma spraying
• Wire arc spraying
• Plasma transferred arc depositon (PTA)
• Nano- or finely-structured coatings
• Conventional deposit formation
• Surface preparation
• Process diagnostics and on-line control
• Coating characterizations
• Powder, wire and rods production and characteristics
• Process integration
• Industrial applications of thermal spraying technology.