Suspension plasma spraying (SPS) acquires a significant interest from the industry. The
deposited coatings using this technique were proved to have unique microstructural features …

Suspension plasma spray (SPS) is going through a transition phase from research and
development to daily use on production lines. Improving repeatability and reproducibility of …

Obtaining a uniform coating on curved mechanical parts such as gas turbine blades is one
of the industrial challenges in suspension plasma spraying. Through a three dimensional …

Suspension plasma spraying has shown its capacity to deposit finely structured coatings
with a wide range of microstructures including columnar microstructures that are generally …

In-flight particle diagnostics have enhanced our understanding of thermal spraying and
improved coating reproducibility. However, no methodology to verify the measured in-flight …

In thermal spraying, controlling particles injection into the plasma plume is crucial and
different injection techniques could be used, in particular axial injection. Understanding the …

A novel, technically simple imaging system for individual, in-flight particle temperature and
velocity measurements for plasma and other thermal spray processes is described. A …

In order to achieve SOFC with reduced costs, suspension plasma spray process (SPS) could
be an attractive technique. This process uses atomized suspensions which penetrate the …

A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis using Fluent V5. 4 was
conducted on the in-flight particle behavior during the plasma spraying process with external …

In this study, a three-dimensional DC plasma torch is modeled using Joule effect method to
simulate the plasma jet and its voltage fluctuations. The plasma gas is a mixture of …