| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 427455000 | Metal or metal alloy coating | 69 |
| 20080213497 | Method of producing glass of optical quality - Glass is produced by depositing presintering composition on a preform set into move in front of a plasma torch which moves back and forth substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the preform, a first feed duct feeds the plasma with grains of the presintering composition while optionally a second feed duct feeds the plasma with a fluorine or chlorine compound, preferably a fluorine compound, mixed with a carrier gas. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090053424 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING HIGH TEMPERATURE ARTICLES - A method for repairing an article comprises providing an article, providing a repair material, and joining said repair material to said article. The repair material comprises, in atom percent, at least about 50% rhodium; up to about 49% of a first material, said first material comprising at least one of palladium, platinum, iridium, and combinations thereof; from about 1% to about 15% of a second material, said second material comprising at least one of tungsten, rhenium, and combinations thereof; and up to about 10% of a third material, said third material comprising at least one of ruthenium, chromium, and combinations thereof. The repair material comprises an A1-structured phase at temperatures greater than about 1000° C., in an amount of at least about 90% by volume. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090169760 | COPPER METALLIZATION UTILIZING REFLOW ON NOBLE METAL LINERS - Methods for making copper (Cu) interconnects in semiconductor devices for interconnect dimensions less than 50 nm are described. The processes form Cu interconnects using a sequence of barrier layer, liner layer, and Cu deposition layer depositions, followed by a thermally assisted Cu reflow of the Cu deposition layer, and then a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) to removed excess portions of the reflowed Cu. The liner layer comprises noble metals such as Ru, Ir, Os, Rh, Re, Pd, Pt, and Au. Such processes avoids the formation of voids in copper interconnects with dimensions less than 50 nm. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090202736 | METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided an electron conductive and corrosion-resistant material | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090220702 | METHOD FOR PREPARING METAL OXIDE CRYSTALLINE NANOPARTICLE FILMS FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL PHOTOANODES - A method for manufacturing a dye sensitized nanocrystal film having the steps of exposing a tin oxide layer on a surface of a substrate to a flame for a time sufficient to form a layer of mesoporous, crystalline titanium oxide on the fluorinated tin oxide layer followed by sintering the substrate at a temperature of from about 300 to about 500° C. The flame contains a fuel gas, such as ethylene and oxygen and titanium organometallic. The concentration of titanium organometallic is from about 10 to about 2000 ppm. During the flame exposure step, the substrate is rotated about a central axis at a speed of from about 100 to about 600 RPM, and the flame is kept at a constant distance from the surface of the substrate. The temperature of the substrate is maintained at a temperature of less than 200° C. via the rotation and jets of gas. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090297720 | EROSION AND CORROSION RESISTANT COATINGS, METHODS AND ARTICLES - Disclosed herein is an erosion and corrosion resistant coating comprising a metallic binder, a plurality of hard particles, and a plurality of sacrificial particles. Also disclosed is a method of improving erosion and corrosion resistance of a metal component comprising disposing on a surface of the metal component the foregoing erosion and corrosion resistant coating comprising, and a metal component comprising a metal component surface and the foregoing erosion and corrosion resistant coating comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is disposed on the metal component surface. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090317557 | Process To Make Core-Shell Structured Nanoparticles - Disclosed is a process for making a composite material that contains core-shell structured nanoparticles. The process includes providing a precursor in the form of a powder a liquid and/or a vapor of a liquid that contains a core material and a shell material, and suspending the precursor in an aerosol gas to produce an aerosol containing the precursor. In addition, the process includes providing a plasma that has a hot zone and passing the aerosol through the hot zone of the plasma. As the aerosol passes through the hot zone of the plasma, at least part of the core material and at least part of the shell material in the aerosol is vaporized. Vapor that contains the core material and the shell material that has been vaporized is removed from the hot zone of the plasma and allowed to condense into core-shell structured nanoparticles. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100028550 | CORROSION RESISTANT AMORPHOUS METALS AND METHODS OF FORMING CORROSION RESISTANT AMORPHOUS METALS - A system for coating a surface comprises providing a source of amorphous metal, providing ceramic particles, and applying the amorphous metal and the ceramic particles to the surface by a spray. The coating comprises a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains one or more of the following elements in the specified range of composition: yttrium (≧1 atomic %), chromium (14 to 18 atomic %), molybdenum (≧7 atomic %), tungsten (≧1 atomic %), boron (≦5 atomic %), or carbon (≧4 atomic %). | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100124616 | METHOD OF FORMING AN ABRADABLE COATING - A method of forming a coating comprises depositing a first coating layer on a surface of a substrate, wherein the coating comprises a ceramic or metal, a lubricant, and a fugitive material. At least a portion of the fugitive material is decomposed, transformed or volatized by heating the first coating layer with a localized heat source. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100136250 | METALLIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention concerns a mmetallization device ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100203255 | COATINGS, COMPOSITION, AND METHOD RELATED TO NON-SPALLING LOW DENSITY HARDFACE COATINGS - A composite body that is spall resistant and comprises a substantially discontinuous cermet phase in a substantially continuous metal rich matrix phase. The composite body is typically bonded to a substrate to form a hardfacing on the substrate. The composite body exhibits ductile phase toughening with a strain to failure of at least about 2 percent, a modulus of elasticity of less than about 46 million pounds per square inch, and a density of less than about 7 grams per cubic centimeter. The metal rich matrix phase between the ceramic rich regions in the composite body has an average minimum span of about 0.5 to 8 microns to allow ductility in the composite body. The composite body has a Vicker's hardness number of greater than approximately 650. The discontinuous cermet phase is in the form of ceramic rich regions embedded within the composite body, and it includes ceramic particles and a cermet binder. The ceramic particles having a Moh's hardness of at least approximately 7.5, a modulus of elasticity of less than approximately 46 million pounds per square inch, and an average particle size of from about 0.1 to 10 microns. The ceramic rich regions exhibit high hardness as compared with the matrix phase. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100260940 | System and method for depositing metallic coatings on substrates using removable masking materials - A system and method for depositing metallic coatings on substrates using a laser printer toner mask. A novel laser printer toner mask provides well-defined masked regions on the substrate and complementary unmasked regions. Metallic vapor from a source may be directed to a substrate with the novel mask adhered to a surface of the substrate where it condenses on the masked surface of the substrate. The mask may then be removed using any suitable technique including simply brushing the material off. Once the mask has been removed, a well-defined metallic coating remains on the unmasked regions of the substrate surface. The system and method may be used on flexible substrates such as those formed of plastic or polyester films. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100279023 | Surface Treatment of Amorphous Coatings - A method to improve corrosion, abrasion, resistance to environmental degradationand fire resistant properties of structural components for use in oil, gas, exploration, refining and petrochemical applications is provided. The structural component is suitable for use as refinery and/or petrochemical process equipment and piping, having a substrate coated with a surface-treated amorphous metal layer. The surface of the structural component is surface treated with an energy source to cause a diffusion of at least a portion of the amorphous metal layer and at least a portion of the substrate, forming a diffusion layer disposed on a substrate. The diffusion layer has a negative hardness profile with the hardness increasing from the diffusion surface in contact with the substrate to the surface away from the substrate. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100304036 | METALLIC FILM FORMING METHOD USING HVOF THERMAL SPRAYING GUN AND THERMAL SPRAYING APPARATUS - There are provided a thermal spraying method and a thermal spraying apparatus therefore, in which a gas shroud is disposed in an HVOF thermal spraying gun barrel, the velocity of metallic particles is energized and accelerated with respect to the metallic particle to be thermally sprayed from the gun, and inert gas is supplied into the space defined inside of the shroud through a circumferential slit formed in such a manner as to shield the metallic particles from the atmosphere so as to collide with the surface of a base member, thereby forming a thermally sprayed dense film having a small oxygen content without overheating the base plate by an HVOF method. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110097504 | Method for the Anti-Corrosion Processing of a Part by Deposition of a Zirconium and/or Zirconium Alloy Layer - The invention relates to a method for the anti-corrosion processing of a part that comprises the step of spray deposition of a zirconium and/or zirconium alloy layer onto the surface thereof. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110143042 | METHODS FOR MAKING NEAR NET SHAPE AIRFOIL LEADING EDGE PROTECTION - Methods for making near net shape airfoil metal leading edge protective strips including providing a high temperature additive manufacturing device; providing a tooling system having a mandrel; a metallic cladding applied to the mandrel; and at least one cooling channel associated with the mandrel applying a metallic deposit to the mandrel having the metallic cladding using the high temperature additive manufacturing device; and concurrently removing heat from the mandrel using the at least one cooling channel to produce the near net shape airfoil metal leading edge protective strip. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110143043 | PLASMA APPLICATION OF THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS WITH REDUCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ON COMBUSTOR HARDWARE - A process for forming a thermal barrier coating comprises the steps of providing a substrate, providing a gadolinia stabilized zirconia powder, and forming a thermal barrier coating having at least one of a porosity in a range of from 5 to 20% and a dense segmented structure on said substrate by supplying the gadolinia stabilized powder to a spray gun and using an air plasma spray technique. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110171395 | METHOD OF FORMING A SPUTTERING TARGET - A sputtering target, including a sputtering layer and a support structure. The sputtering layer includes an alkali-containing transition metal. The support structure includes a second material that does not negatively impact the performance of a copper indium selenide (CIS) based semiconductor absorber layer of a solar cell. The sputtering layer directly contacts the second material. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110293845 | METHODS OF BONDING PURE RHENIUM TO A SUBSTRATE - Methods are provided for bonding pure rhenium to a substrate comprising a material. Non-lubricated components configured to have friction contact with another component are also provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method includes disposing a eutectic alloy over the substrate to form an inter layer, the eutectic alloy comprised essentially of a base alloy and one or more melting point depressants and having a melting temperature that is lower than a melting temperature of the substrate material and a melting temperature of rhenium, placing pure rhenium over the inter layer, and heating the inter layer to a temperature that is substantially equal to or greater than the melting temperature of the eutectic alloy, but that is below the melting temperature of the substrate material and the melting temperature of the pure rhenium to bond the pure rhenium to the substrate. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120076946 | Amorphous Metal Formulations and Structured Coatings for Corrosion and Wear Resistance - A system for coating a surface comprising providing a source of amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements and applying the amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements to the surface by a spray. Also a coating comprising a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements. An apparatus for producing a corrosion-resistant amorphous-metal coating on a structure comprises a deposition chamber, a deposition source in the deposition chamber that produces a deposition spray, the deposition source containing a composite material made of amorphous metal that contains more than 11 elements, and a system that directs the deposition spray onto the structure. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120128887 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ULTRA-THIN AND ELASTIC KEYPAD - The present invention pertains to a method of manufacturing ultra-thin and elastic keypad, especially comprising the processing of the elastic film, silicone adhesive, and plastic film. Wherein, the present method simply takes advantage of the steps of printing, oil pressing, and trimming to easily finish the keypad, which favorably avoids the complex process of spraying P+R, deviation from the forming of IMD products, and defectiveness of spraying and cutting applied on silicone products. Manifestly, the present invention simplifies the intricate processes, and only oil-pressing die and punching die are involved, namely less equipment and fewer personnel as well as places are required. Therefore, the present invention is uncomplicated and low-cost. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20130101745 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A MULTILAYER COATING ON A SUBSTRATE SURFACE BY MEANS OFTHERMAL SPRAYING - A method for making a multilayer coating on a surface of a substrate by means of at least one thermal spraying method, wherein the following successive steps are carried out:
| 04-25-2013 |
| 20130115378 | PRE-TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING ADHESION OF THIN FILM - Provided are a pre-treatment apparatus and method for improving an adhesion of a thin film The pre-treatment apparatus includes: a gas compressor that compresses gas supplied from the outside and contained, and supplies a process gas that is compressed; a powder feeder for supplying a coating powder including a single metal or alloy supplied from the outside and contained; and a spray nozzle through which the process gas supplied from the gas compressor and the coating powder supplied from the powder feeder are cold sprayed on a surface of a base metal on which a thin film is to be deposited so as to form a porous metal coating layer on the surface of the base metal. The pre-treatment method includes: preparing a base metal including a single metal or alloy; preparing a coating powder including powder of one or more single metals or an alloy thereof; forming a porous metal coating layer on a surface of the base metal, on which a thin film is to be deposited, by cold-spraying the coating powder and a process gas to the surface of the base metal; and depositing the thin film on the coating layer, wherein the thin film includes metal. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130309410 | Late-Stage Customization of Steel - A metal customization process that provides an alloy metal product which meets predefined product specifications which are typically based on whole thickness materials. The metal customization process can be used with any commercially available substrates (e.g., aluminum bar, aluminum coil, steel bar, steel coil, and alloys thereof) but, preferably, the substrate is made of steel (e.g., carbon steel, low carbon steel or steel alloys). This process can include receiving a product specification that can include performance or composition criteria; converting the product specification to a surface specification and a core specification; then treating a substrate with a deposition composition, for example, at a temperature below an annealing temperature, thereby depositing at least one alloying element onto the substrate to form a coating composition that is carried by the substrate; and then annealing the coated substrate to provide a product that meets the product specification. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140178594 | ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR LITHIUM ION CAPACITOR AND ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A time for doping an electrode material on an electrode sheet with a lithium ion can be reduced. The electrode manufacturing apparatus includes a processing chamber | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140335282 | METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE - A method of coating a substrate is proposed, in which a starting material in the form of a process beam is sprayed onto a surface of the substrate by means of thermal spraying, wherein the surface of the substrate is initially pretreated with a plasma flame of a plasma spray device without material deposition and the process beam including the starting material is subsequently applied onto the surface. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140335283 | DEVICE FOR FORMING AMORPHOUS FILM AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME - PROBLEM: To provide a large device and a method which is advantageous for forming a large-area amorphous film. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140370203 | MICRO COLD SPRAY DIRECT WRITE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTED MICRO ELECTRONICS - A system and method for depositing an aerosolized powder of solid particles on a substrate for printed circuit applications is disclosed and comprises cold spraying the aerosolized powder onto the substrate to form a finite feature, wherein at least one of the dimensions of length and width of the finite feature measures 500 microns or less. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150147480 | Method and Device for Regenerating the Interior Surfaces of Conduits by Means of Thermal Spraying of Metals - A method for regeneration of internal conduit surfaces by thermal projection of metals, includes inserting a device including a vehicle having a rolling assembly to permit rolling of the vehicle and carrying a thermal projection system, through a manhole in a conduit installation, including the steps of inserting the device in a conduit with the rolling assembly in a retracted position, and expanding the rolling assembly inside the conduit until the device is centered in the conduit; inserting electrical, pneumatic and/or hydraulic conduits and conduits for supplying metal to be thermally projected, through the manhole, such that the conduits are connected with the vehicle; positioning a regeneration device including the thermal projection system connected with the vehicle by a remote-control pulling system in a particular position to be regenerated; thermally projecting metal from the regeneration device; advancing the vehicle and connected regeneration device to a new regeneration position. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150368779 | FILM GROWING METHOD - A film growing method includes: (A) attaching wall members to ends of a film grown surface of a base material; (B) growing a film on the film grown surface by a cold spray method; and (C) removing the wall members after a thickness of the grown film on the film grown surface becomes equal to a desired film thickness. It can be prevented that the side ends of the grown film are formed in a slope when a thick film is to be grown by using the cold spray. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150376762 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING LAYER - A method for depositing a layer has a step of repeatedly performing a unit deposition process until the layer on a deposition target reaches a predetermined thickness. The unit deposition process includes (A) a step of placing the deposition target in a chamber, (B) a step of providing a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or a vacuum atmosphere in the chamber, (C) depositing the layer on the deposition target by a cold spray process in the non-oxidizing gas atmosphere or the vacuum atmosphere, and (D) heat treating the deposition target after the depositing. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160130705 | METHOD OF FORMING A MULTILAYERED COATING FOR IMPROVED EROSION RESISTANCE - A method of applying a coating system to a substrate includes applying a first layer of a high hardness and high modulus of elasticity with an added metal to the substrate, applying a second layer of the high hardness and high modulus of elasticity in combination with the added metal to the first layer. A percent by volume of the added metal in the second layer is lower than the percent by volume of the added metal in the first layer. The method also includes applying two or more intermediate layers formed from an applied mixture of the high hardness, high modulus of elasticity material and a metal material between the first layer and the second layer. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160138150 | COATINGS, COATED SURFACES, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method of producing substrate having an antimicrobial surface by thermally spraying the surface with metals such as copper and alloys of copper, silver and alloys of silver, zinc and alloys of zinc, tin and alloys of tin and combination thereof and thereafter abrading the sprayed surface to give the surface antimicrobial properties. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141076 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER CABLES AND RELATED POWER CABLE - A method for manufacturing an electrical cable includes providing at least one core including an electrical conductor, and arranging at least one copper sheath around the at least one core. The arranging of the copper sheath includes providing at least one foil of copper having two opposite first edges; bending the foil of copper around the core until the first edges of the foil of copper are contacted with each other; welding the first edges of the foil of copper to each other to form a corresponding solder jointwelded joint; and deposing a copper coating on at least portions of the surface of the foil of copper at the welded joint. The deposing the copper coating is carried out by means of a thermal spray process. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160168687 | PARTICLE REDUCTION IN A DEPOSITION CHAMBER USING THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT COMPATIBLE COATING | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160175930 | HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUIDIZED BED FOR POWDER TREATMENT | 06-23-2016 |
| 20170233541 | Method of Enhancing Adhesion of Silver Nanoparticle Inks on Plastic Substrates Using a Crosslinked Poly(vinyl butyral) Primer Layer | 08-17-2017 |
| 427456000 | Aluminum, nickel, cobalt, or iron metal or alloy containing coating | 32 |
| 20090017218 | Manufacturing Method for Producing Wick Structures of a Vapor Chamber by Using a Powder Thermal Spray Gun - Simplifying a manufacturing method for producing wick structures of a vapor chamber includes providing a metal lid, providing a powder thermal spray gun to generate a high temperature blaze to melt a sprayed first powder into a melting surface status, and directly spraying the first powder with the melting surface status on an inner surface of the metal lid to form a first wick structure with a porous status over the inner surface of the metal lid. The manufacturing method further includes putting a cooling system outside the metal lid to keep the metal lid low temperature. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090110841 | Method for coating a cylinder sleeve - The invention relates to a method for coating a cylinder sleeve consisting of an iron-based material. A first layer and a second layer made of a zinc alloy are injected onto the outer surface using a thermal injection method. A good metallic connection between the cylinder sleeve and the cylinder crankcase, wherein the cylinder sleeve is poured, is produced by using alloyed or unalloyed copper for the first layer and by using a zinc-aluminum-alloy for the second layer. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090162562 | Methods for Applying Thermal Barrier Coating Systems - Methods for coating a substrate includes depositing on the substrate, a inner bond coat layer of a bond coat composition comprising, in weight percent, 14-20% Cr, 5-8% Al, 8-12% Co, 3-7% Ta, 0.1-0.6% Hf, 0.1-0.5% Y, up to about 1% Si, 0.005-0.020% Zr, 0.04-0.08% C, 0.01-0.02% B, with a remainder including nickel (Ni) and incidental impurities, wherein the bond coat composition is substantially free of rhenium; forming an aluminum-containing layer overlying the inner bond coat layer; and, optionally, depositing a thermal barrier coating composition overlying the aluminum-containing layer. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090246398 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AMORPHOUS COATING FILM - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for forming, by spraying, a commonly known amorphous coating film, which is not limited to a metallic glass or the like. According to this invention, a flame containing metal particles is ejected toward a base material from a nozzle, such that the material particles are melted with the flame. Thereafter, the melted material particles and flame are cooled before they reach the base material. For this cooling process, a gas is externally ejected toward the flame, such that the gas can gradually approach the central line of the flame. Preferably, the particle size of the material particles in the flame is within a range of 10 to 100 μm. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100009092 | ECONOMIC OXIDATION AND FATIGUE RESISTANT METALLIC COATING - The present disclosure relates to an improved low-cost metallic coating to be deposited on gas turbine engine components. The metallic coating consists of 1.0 to 18 wt % cobalt, 3.0 to 18 wt % chromium, 5.0 to 15 wt % aluminum, 0.01 to wt % yttrium, 0.01 to 0.6 wt % hafnium, 0.0 to 0.3 wt % silicon, 0.0 to 1.0 wt % zirconium, 0.0 to 10 wt % tantalum, 0.0 to 9.0 wt % tungsten, 0.0 to 10 wt % molybdenum, 0.0 to 43.0 wt % platinum, and the balance nickel. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100080921 | Thermal spray coatings for reduced hexavalent and leachable chromuim byproducts - A target material for thermal spraying may include chromium and at least one of about 0.5-12% by weight of aluminum and about 2-15% by weight of manganese. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100159152 | NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS OF THE FE3AL(RU) TYPE AND USE THEREOF OPTIONALLY IN NANOCRYSTALLINE FORM FOR MAKING ELECTRODES FOR SODIUM CHLORATE SYNTHESIS - The invention concerns a nanocrystalline alloy of the formula: | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100196615 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN OXIDATION-RESISTANT FILM - The present invention provides an oxidation-resistant coating having superior oxidation resistance and superior ductility and toughness for long-term use, and a method for forming the oxidation-resistant coating. An MCrAlY layer primarily containing an MCrAlY alloy (in which M indicates at least one element of Co and Ni) is formed on a substrate formed of a heat-resistant metal by thermal spraying or EB=PVD, and subsequently, aluminum is diffused into a part of the MCrAlY layer in the thickness direction thereof from a side opposite to the substrate. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100247793 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BODY CENTERED CUBIC (B2) NICKEL ALUMINIDE (NIAL) COATING OF CONTROLLED THICKNESS ON NICKLE-BASED ALLOY SURFACES - Aluminizing of nickel-base alloys and a process for producing body centered cubic (B2) nickel aluminide (NiAl) coating of controlled thickness on nickel-base alloys surfaces. Importantly, the process of producing the nickel aluminide (B2 NiAl phase) coatings on nickel-base alloys is directed to achieve high hardness of 800-1100 VHN and dimensional tolerance of 80±30 microns coating thickness. The process achieves desired nickel aluminide coatings with minimum environmental emission of toxic chemicals fumes and is also environment friendly. Obtaining the nickel aluminide coating is specifically possible without the need for masking of the unwanted regions of the components and more importantly can be attended both on flat and curved surfaces thereby favouring wide scale utilities of such aluminizing process, facilitate fabrication industries required to carry out surface modifications and engineering (protective coating) on nickel-base alloys desired for high service temperatures such as nuclear industries, aircraft and gas turbine industries. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100304037 | Thermal Barrier Coatings and Application Methods - A gas turbine engine component has a metallic substrate. A coating is on the substrate. A barrier coat is applied while varying a speed of the component rotation so as to provide a corresponding microstructure to the barrier coat. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100330295 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DUCTILE ENVIRONMENTAL COATING HAVING FATIGUE AND CORROSION RESISTANCE - Method includes providing a superalloy substrate such as a turbine disk, a turbine seal, a turbine blade, a turbine nozzle, a turbine shroud, or a turbine frame or case having an under platform or non-gas path region; and providing a predominantly gamma-prime nickel aluminide intermetallic ductile corrosion and oxidation resistant coating disposed on at least a portion of the substrate. The coating comprises from about 15 to about 30 atomic % aluminum, up to about 20 atomic % chromium, optionally, up to about 30 atomic % of at least one platinum group metal, optionally, up to about 4 atomic % of at least one reactive element, and optionally, up to about 15 atomic % of at least one strengthening element, and a balance being essentially nickel or nickel and at least one of cobalt, iron, or cobalt and iron. A coating precursor composition may be applied to the substrate before or after optional plating with one or more platinum group metals. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110076414 | Process for Applying a Bonding Primer Layer - A process for applying a bonding primer layer for a protective ceramic layer on a component surface by high-velocity flame spraying is proposed. A coating material in the foam of at least one metal alloy powder is at least partially melted and is applied as particle stream with high velocity to the component surface. The coating material has two powder fractions that have a fine particle size and a coarse particle size. The coating material comprises an agglomerated and sintered powder. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110129612 | MOVING WALKWAYS OR ESCALATORS HAVING ANTI-SLIP COATING AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN ANTI-SLIP COATING - Escalator with a step band with several steps ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110171396 | Thermally sprayed metal coatings on wood or wood composite surfaces - The present invention provides a method of depositing one or more layers of metal coatings onto an organic substrate. The method includes providing a source of a jet of molten metal particles having an average temperature within a predetermined range, an average velocity within a predetermined range. The jet of molten droplets is then directed at a surface of an organic substrate thereby depositing a metal coating on said organic substrate surface. The source of droplets is spaced from the organic substrate a pre-determined distance, and the average velocity and the average temperature are selected for a given metal such that the temperature of the molten metal particles is very close to the melting point of the metal as the molten droplets coat the surface of the organic substrate to minimize damage to the organic substrate. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120295033 | PLASMA NANO-POWDER SYNTHESIZING AND COATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a plasma nano-powder synthesizing and coating device and method, the device comprising: a chamber which forms a sealed space, and comprises a reaction unit provided at one side and a processing unit provided at the other side, the reaction unit provided in an upstream of gas flowing in the chamber, having a high-temperature plasma region formed by a plasma torch generating plasma with an applied electric current, and comprising a mixed gas feeder to supply mixed gas to the reaction unit and a powder feeder to supply powder to the reaction unit, and the processing unit provided in a downstream of plasma flame in the chamber, and comprising a supporter to support a material; and a vacuum forming unit which forms a vacuum inside the chamber, the powder being supplied to the reaction unit and reacting in the plasma region of the reaction unit, and the reacted powder being synthesized in the reaction unit, the processing unit and a surface of the supporter, and coated on a surface of the material of the supporter to form a coating layer. With this, reaction, synthesis and coating of heterogeneous powder are simultaneously performed, and various reaction conditions can be simply and conveniently controlled. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130177712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL SPRAYING - An apparatus and methods for cold spraying with a spraying unit, a particle supply, a gas supply, and at least one heating unit. The heating unit contains a graphite felt that can be heated with an electric heater current, through which a gas stream can flow, wherein the at least one heating unit is arranged separately and/or in a pressure tank through which the gas stream can flow. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130183453 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THERMAL SPRAYING - A thermal spraying method is provided, wherein spray particles of a powdered spray material are introduced into a hot carrier gas stream, heated by the carrier gas stream and then sprayed onto the surface of a substrate by a spray nozzle, wherein the temperature of the spray particles upon impact onto the substrate is below the melting temperature of the spray material. The spray particles are heated in the hot carrier gas stream upstream of the nozzle throat to a temperature that causes at least partial melting of the spray particles in that location. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130216722 | Coating Compositions, Applications Thereof, and Methods of Forming - A method for forming protective corrosive resistant coatings on equipment is disclosed. The coating is formed from a NiCrMo alloy composition containing at least two gettering components selected from Al, Si, and Ti in an amount of up to 25 wt. %. The coating in one embodiment is applied using a thermal spray technique, e.g., twin wire arc spray, forming coatings of 5-50 mils thickness having a fine-scale micro-pore structure which is effectively non-permeable in aggressive solutions, and resist selective oxidation in thermal spraying of components for maximized corrosion performance The coating is further characterized as having excellent adhesion strength even when applied with varying parameters as in manual on-site coating applications. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140065316 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ALLOYS FOR THERMAL SPRAY, WELD OVERLAY, THERMAL SPRAY POST PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, AND CASTINGS - Disclosed herein are iron-based alloys having a microstructure comprising a fine-grained ferritic matrix and having a 60+ Rockwell C surface, wherein the ferritic matrix comprises <20 μm Nb and W carbide precipitates. Also disclosed are methods of welding comprising forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay coating with such an iron-based alloy. Also disclosed are methods of designing an alloy capable of forming a crack free hardbanding weld overlay, the methods comprising the steps of determining an amorphous forming epicenter composition, determining a variant composition having a predetermined change in constituent elements from the amorphous forming epicenter composition, and forming and analyzing an alloy having the variant composition. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140127416 | ECONOMIC OXIDATION AND FATIGUE RESISTANT METALLIC COATING - The present disclosure relates to an improved low-cost metallic coating to be deposited on gas turbine engine components. The metallic coating consists of 1.0 to 18 wt % cobalt, 3.0 to 18 wt % chromium, 5.0 to 15 wt % aluminum, 0.01 to 1.0 wt % yttrium, 0.01 to 0.6 wt % hafnium, 0.0 to 0.3 wt % silicon, 0.0 to 1.0 wt % zirconium, 0.0 to 10 wt % tantalum, 0.0 to 9.0 wt % tungsten, 0.0 to 10 wt % molybdenum, 0.0 to 43.0 wt % platinum, and the balance nickel. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140161984 | FINE GRAINED NI-BASED ALLOYS FOR RESISTANCE TO STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AND METHODS FOR THEIR DESIGN - A class of nickel based alloys having a fine grain structure resistant to stress corrosion cracking, and methods of alloy design to produce further alloys within the class are presented. The alloys act as suitable welding materials in similar applications to that of Alloy 622. The fine-grained structure of these novel alloys may also be advantageous for other reasons as well such as wear, impact, abrasion, corrosion, etc. These alloys have similar phases to Alloy 622 in that they are composed primarily of austenitic nickel, however the phase morphology is a much finer grained structure opposed to the long dendritic grains common to Alloy 622 when it is subject to cooling rates from a liquid state inherent to the welding process. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140234549 | THERMALLY SPRAYED WEAR-RESISTANT PISTON RING COATING - Some embodiments comprise systems, methods, compositions, and apparatus including, but not limited to, thermally sprayed titanium-nitride ceramic particles encapsulated in one of several pure metals or metallic alloys; for producing a high wear-resistant coating on the contacting friction surfaces of machined component parts, including among them, piston rings, piston connecting rods and cylinder liners. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140255613 | LOW ENERGY PLASMA COATING - A method of coating an aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy component, including cleaning and drying surfaces of the component to be coated; suspending a powdered coating material in a carrier gas and feeding the suspended powdered coating material through a plasma torch in a flowing gas; heating the coating material in the plasma torch to a molten or semi-molten state using a nominal power below 25 kW; and depositing the coating material with the plasma torch directly on the surfaces to be coated. The component may be made of a magnesium alloy containing at one or more of zinc, cerium and zirconium, or of an aluminum alloy containing one or more of magnesium, silicon, copper and chromium. The powder material may be made in majority of aluminum. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140272170 | Nanoparticle Hybrid Composites by RF Plasma Spray Deposition - A method of fabricating a composite material includes utilizing a radio frequency plasma process to form a plasma plume comprising nanoparticles. The nanoparticles may comprise boron nitride nanoparticles, silicon carbide nanoparticles, beryllium oxide nanoparticles, or carbon nanoparticles. The nanoparticles may comprise nanotubes or other particles depending on the requirements of a particular application. The nanoparticles are deposited on a substrate by directing a plasma plume towards the substrate. The nanoparticles are formed in the plasma plume immediately prior to being deposited on the substrate. The nanoparticles may form a mechanical bond with the fibers in addition to a chemical bond in the absence of a catalyst. The substrate may comprise a fiber fabric that may optionally be coated with a thin layer of metal. Alternatively, the substrate may comprise a solid material such as a metal sheet or plate. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272171 | TERNARY CERAMIC THERMAL SPRAYING POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMAL SPRAYED COATING USING SAID POWDER - The invention describes a method for producing ternary and binary ceramic powders and their thermal spraying capable of manufacturing thermal sprayed coatings with superior properties. Powder contain at least 30% by weight ternary ceramic, at least 20% by weight binary molybdenum borides, at least one of the binary borides of Cr, Fe, Ni, W and Co and a maximum of 10% by weight of nano and submicro-sized boron nitride. The primary crystal phase of the manufactured thermal sprayed coatings from these powders is a ternary ceramic, while the secondary phases are binary ceramics. The coatings have extremely high resistance against corrosion of molten metal, extremely thermal shock resistance and superior tribological properties at low and at high temperatures. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140342095 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING AN ANTICORROSIVE COATING - A method for depositing an anticorrosive coating on components, wherein an aluminum-zinc coating is used as an anticorrosive coating, and wherein the anticorrosive coating is deposited by thermal spraying, wherein an inert carrier gas with a reducing gas component is used for the thermal spraying. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150118407 | Structures Utilizing a Structured Magnetic Material and Methods for Making - A soft magnetic material comprises a plurality of iron-containing particles and an insulating layer on the iron-containing particles, the insulating layer comprising an oxide. The soft magnetic material is an aggregate of permeable micro-domains separated by insulation boundaries. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150125618 | METHOD OF FORMING GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH MULTI-MATERIAL FACE USING SPRAY DEPOSITION - A metal wood golf club with a striking face portion made from more than one material is disclosed. More specifically, due to the unique construction of the striking face portion having multiple materials, the present invention utilizes bonding spray deposition process to achieve the desirable bond between the more than one materials used to form the striking face. The striking face portion is formed by creating a chip insert type material utilizing the spray deposition process that is made from a secondary material that is different from the remainder of the striking face portion substantially near a geometric center of the striking face portion; wherein the secondary material has a higher Young's modulus than the remainder of the striking face portion. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150290738 | METHODS FOR APPLYING ALUMINUM COATING LAYER TO A CORE OF COPPER WIRE - Methods of applying aluminum coating layers over copper wires are disclosed. A first method may include applying aluminum powder to the surface of a rod, passing the rod through a first set of compression rolls thereby forcing the aluminum powder into a compacted preform around the rod, and heating the rod covered by the preform at 550° C. to 620° C. Further, the heated preform coated rod is passed through a second set of compression rolls thereby obtaining an aluminum coated copper rod. A second method includes disposing a copper rod inside an aluminum tube having an inner layer formed of brazing aluminum alloy, reducing the diameter of the tube's inner surface to match the copper rod, and heating the composite tube-rod such that the inner layer of the brazing alloy fuses to the rod. Another method includes passing the copper rod through a spray of metallic aluminum. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160010200 | COMPONENT FOR USE IN PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE COMPONENT | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160102394 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GROUNDING SUBSTRATE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for preparing a grounding substrate for a semiconductor device, the method including: 1) polishing the surface of a matrix of a grounding substrate to remove a carbon layer therefrom, and washing the surface of the matrix with anhydrous ethanol; 2) providing a cold spray system including a spraying device, a spray chamber, and a special fixture disposed in the spray chamber; and disposing the matrix on the special fixture; 3) using the cold spray system to spray a compressed gas carrying aluminum powder on the surface of the matrix at the supersonic speed to form an aluminum coating, thus obtaining the grounding substrate; 4) disposing the grounding substrate in a heat treatment furnace, raising the temperature therein to between 100 and 500° C., and maintaining the temperature for between 1 and 5 hrs; and 5) wet polishing the grounding substrate. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160254067 | Deposition of Integrated Protective Material Into Zirconium Cladding for Nuclear Reactors by High-Velocity Thermal Application | 09-01-2016 |
