APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE WIRE FOR THERMAL SPRAYING

• Main Authors: OTOMO HIDEYUKI, NIMATA MASAMI, KURAMOTO NOBORU, KURAMOTO HIROSHI, SHINDO SATOHISA, KAMOSHITA YASUHISA, KASAI AKIHIRO, SUGANO SHUJI, OHATA NORITO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.08.2012
• Subjects: AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKINGWITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; 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; MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES,OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for manufacturing a composite wire for thermal spraying, which can improve manufacturing efficiency and cope with manufacturing of various kinds of wires with different wire diameters.SOLUTION: The apparatus for manufacturing a composite wire for thermal spraying includes: a hoop material unwinding roller 12 around which a flat hoop material 1 is wound; a front stage wire shaping device 14 for shaping the flat hoop material sequentially in a U-shape, in a half circle and in a circle; a powder feeding device 16 for feeding a powdery function development material to the flat hoop material 1 when shaping the flat hoop material 1 by the front stage wire shaping device 14; an intermediate winding roller 18 provided on an outlet side of the front stage wire shaping device; a rear stage wire shaping device 20 for shaping the tubular wire shaped by the front stage wire shaping device 14 into a wire with a thinner diameter; and a final winding roller 22 for winding the thermal spraying composite wire shaped by the rear stage wire shaping device 20.