Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) is a promising topcoat material for thermal barrier coatings due to its high temperature stability and […]
YAG Thermal Barrier Coatings Deposited by Suspension and Solution Precursor Thermal Spray
Category: Accuraspray
Cold Gas Dynamic Spray Impact: Metallic Bonding PreRequisites and Experimental Particle In-Flight Temperature Measurements
The impact phenomena of high velocity micron-size particles, although commonly considered and described as detrimental in numerous engineering applications, can […]
The Influence of Plasma Composition in the Thermal Cyclic Performance of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia (8YSZ) Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs)
In the combustion chambers of gas turbine engines, ZrO2-8wt.%Y2O3 (YSZ) TBCs are commonly applied by air plasma spray (APS) using […]
Modelling Knudsen Number Effects in Suspension High Velocity Oxy Fuel Thermal Spray
Suspension high velocity oxy fuel thermal spray is a system characterized by supersonic velocities and length scales of particles of […]
Environmental, Economical, and Performance Impacts of Ar-H2 and N2-H2 Plasma-Sprayed YSZ TBCs
Since the 1970s, the Ar-H2 plasma has been the standard air plasma spray (APS) gas system employed to deposit ZrO2-Y2O3 […]
Radial Injection in Suspension High Velocity Oxy Fuel (S-HVOF) Thermal Spray of Graphene Nanoplatelets for Tribology
Friction is a major issue in energy efficiency of any apparatus composed of moving mechanical parts, affecting durability and reliability. […]
Effect of HVOF Process Parameters on TiO2 Coatings: An Approach Using DoE and First-Order Process Maps
High-velocity oxy-fuel deposition stages of titanium oxide coatings were analyzed and reported here. For the first stages of deposition, process […]
Engineering A New Class Of Thermal Spray Nano-Based Microstructures From Agglomerated Nanostructured Particles, Suspensions And Solutions: An Invited Review
From the pioneering works of McPherson in 1973 who identified nanometre-sized features in thermal spray conventional alumina coatings (using sprayed […]
Improved Thermal Spray Consistency Via Plume Sensors -An Aerospace Perspective
Plume Sensor Technology can assist the conventional thermal spray shop to improve process consistency and output for many different process […]
