Considerable progress has been made over the last decades in thermal spray technologies,
practices and applications. However, like other technologies, they have to continuously …

Arc plasma sprayed thin films and coatings exhibit excellent mechanical properties for anti-
corrosion, anti-wear, anti-radiation, thermal isolation, and heat conduction applications …

The technical advantages and capabilities of the Metco TriplexPro-210 atmospheric plasma
spray system offers the potential to develop a new protective surface to address extreme …

Growing demands on the quality of thermally sprayed coatings require reliable methods to
monitor and optimize the spraying processes. Thus, the importance of diagnostic methods is …

Thermal plasma jets have been widely used in various materials processing techniques.
However, the conventional thermal plasma torches usually generate turbulent plasma jets …

Over the last 15 years many research papers have presented the potential of suspension
and solution plasma spraying to achieve coatings, essentially ceramic coating, with a …

The plasma spray process with solid feedstock, mainly ceramics powders, studied since the
sixties is now a mature technology. The plasma jet and particle in-flight characterizations are …

In this study, a multiple cathodes arc plasma generator was employed for the preparation of
spherical tungsten powder. The annular and axisymmetric cathode configuration of the …

Dense yttrium oxyfluoride (YOF) coating was successfully deposited by suspension plasma
spraying (SPS) with coaxial feeding. After deposition for 6 min at a plasma power of 105 kW …

Cascaded arc plasma torches have now become mainstream in thermal spray industry
incorporating both multiple and single cathode configurations. Although there are anecdotal …