APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COLD SPRAY COATING

• Main Authors: JONES MARSHALL G, CALLA EKLAVYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.09.2010
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for simplifying construction of cold spray coating and also increasing construction efficiency of the cold spray coating, and to provided a cold spray coating system and apparatus. SOLUTION: The cold spray coating system includes: a cold spray coating gun having a nozzle member 214 operative to emit a stream of gas and granules of a coating material from a nozzle opening 218 defined by the nozzle member 214 such that the granules of the coating material impact and bond with a first region of a substrate; and a heat source member 202 operative so as to heat the first region of the substrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT