Current Implementation Status of Cold Spray Technology: A Short Review

• Published in: Journal of thermal spray technology Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 848 - 865
• Main Authors: Sun, Wen, Chu, Xin, Lan, Haiming, Huang, Renzhong, Huang, Jibo, Xie, Yingchun, Huang, Jian, Huang, Guosheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 2022
• Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Corrosion and Coatings; Machines; Manufacturing; Materials Science; Processes; Review; Surfaces and Interfaces; Thin Films; Tribology; materials perspectives; cold spray; application status; system developments; research progress
• ISSN: 1059-9630; 1544-1016
• DOI: 10.1007/s11666-022-01382-4

In recent years, cold spray technology has attracted more and more attentions. After more than 30 years of rapid development, research focus of cold spray technology is gradually shifting from fundamental and theoretical studies to application developments, some of which have been industrialized and mass-produced. In this paper, the characteristics of cold spray technology, cold spray materials perspectives and cold spray system developments were briefly introduced. Besides, the recent developments of cold spray applications in different fields including aerospace, biomedical, energy, electronics, semiconductor fields were discussed. Although cold spray technology is in the early stages of implementation, it has demonstrated a great potential to reduce costs and improve performance. World-wide awareness of ongoing and planned cold spray programs is critical to expand its applications and benefits.