Reclamation and re-engineering of a wide range of rotating and moving parts from machines of all kinds, including Road and rail vehicles, ships, aircraft, pumps, valves, printing presses, electric motors, paper making machines, chemical plant, food machinery, mining and quarrying machinery, earthmovers, machine tools, power generation and aerospace turbine repair, landing gear (chrome replacement) and virtually any equipment which is subject to wear, erosion or corrosion. This is done using either arc spray,Powder flame Spray Manufacture, or HVOF systems to spray steels, nickel alloys, carbides, stainless alloys, bronzes, copper and many other materials. New components that benefit from the enhanced surface properties that thermal spraying provides, include Gate and ball valves, rock drilling bits, and downhole tools for the oil and gas and petrochemicals industry, hydraulic piston rods, print rollers, fluid seals, aerospace combustion chambers, turbine blades. Thermal sprayed coatings are used on a vast range of components that operate in adverse environments where, erosion, wear, corrosion or heat, conspire to reduce component life. Component life is significantly prolonged by using arc, flame, plasma, or HVOF systems to apply metals, ceramics, and carbides.
For those with even the most marginal knowledge of thermal spray and protective coatings, the process probably appears as a solution to corrosive wear in industrial situations. And whereas, this is very true, that doesn’t even break the surface where the many uses of thermal spray coatings are concerned. The following is an exploration of some of the most common uses of thermal spray coatings throughout many of today’s industries and applications.
