Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a drug delivery system uses gas cluster ion beam irradiation on an outer surface of a member to determine one or more characteristics of the drug delivery system.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for coating at least one exhaust port (20) of a cylinder (14) arranged inside a cylinder head (12) of a combustion engine (10), wherein the exhaust port (20) connects the cylinder (14) to an exhaust system (40). One or more surface portions (22a, 22b, 22c) of the cylinder head (12) defining the at least one exhaust port (20) are at least partially coated by spraying material from both the cylinder side and the exhaust system side. The invention relates also to an apparatus performing the method.
Abstract:
It has been surprisingly found that injecting ceria-based particles (mean size less than 200nm) suspended in a combustible organic solvent into a plume having a maximum temperature between about 2,600°C and 4,000°C to impart a mean temperature to the particles from about 2,600°C to about 3,800°C, and to accelerate the particles to a mean velocity between about 600 to 1000 m/s, produces a thin, uniform, dense, crack-free, nanocrystalline ceria-based coating, which may be applied on porous cermet or metal substrate, for example. The physical environment of a high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spraying gun suitably deployed using standard fuels produces these conditions. The method of the present invention is particularly useful for the cost-effective fabrication of ceria-containing electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs).
Abstract:
An improved method and apparatus for producing an extremely fine micron and sub-micron size water mist (18) using an electronic ultrasonic device (8) that produces the mist at ambient-pressure and delivering the mist for application in suppressing fire. A piezoelectric transducer (10) is arranged to produce a water mist having at least a portion of sub-micron size droplets. The water mist is produced by high frequency pressure waves or ultrasonic waves of predetermined or variable frequency, including frequencies which may exceed 2.5 MHz. The water mist is directed to a firebase to be self-entrained by the fire's flame. The momentum provided the water mist in directing the mist is minimized to enhance the ability of the fire to entrain the mist, and the flow of the carrier medium is usually directed tangentially about the water fountain (16) creating the mist. Further, the throughput and concentration of the mist is controlled to ensure that the entrained mist will be sufficient to cool and suppress the fire. The water mist may be effectively utilized for mitigating blast and reducing over pressures. The fine water mist may also be utilized for humidification because of its fast vaporization and efficient cooling behavior. The apparatus may be modified in its physical design and direction of output, and the method may be modified by adjusting the throughput of mist, composition of mist, concentration of mist, and momentum of mist, whereby fire may be suppressed under many different scenarios.
Abstract:
An improved method and apparatus for producing an extremely fine micron and sub-micron size water mist (18) using an electronic ultrasonic device (8) that produces the mist at ambient-pressure and delivering the mist for application in suppressing fire. A piezoelectric transducer (10) is arranged to produce a water mist having at least a portion of sub-micron size droplets. The water mist is produced by high frequency pressure waves or ultrasonic waves of predetermined or variable frequency, including frequencies which may exceed 2.5 MHz. The water mist is directed to a firebase to be self-entrained by the fire's flame. The momentum provided the water mist in directing the mist is minimized to enhance the ability of the fire to entrain the mist, and the flow of the carrier medium is usually directed tangentially about the water fountain (16) creating the mist. Further, the throughput and concentration of the mist is controlled to ensure that the entrained mist will be sufficient to cool and suppress the fire. The water mist may be effectively utilized for mitigating blast and reducing over pressures. The fine water mist may also be utilized for humidification because of its fast vaporization and efficient cooling behavior. The apparatus may be modified in its physical design and direction of output, and the method may be modified by adjusting the throughput of mist, composition of mist, concentration of mist, and momentum of mist, whereby fire may be suppressed under many different scenarios.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for coating surfaces, according to which a precursor material is made to react by way of a plasma and the reaction product is deposited on the surface (34), both the reaction and the deposition proceeding at atmospheric pressure. According to the inventive method, a plasma jet (28) is produced by passing a working gas through an excitation zone (12) and the precursor material is supplied to the plasma jet by means of a lancet (32) separately from the working gas.
Abstract:
A process for producing a metallic tool, mould, die or other body of significant thickness or a coating, the process comprising directing a spray (3, 4) comprising molten metallic droplets carried by a propelling gas toward an object surface (7) of a substrate or pattern (5) so as to build up a metallic deposit or coating comprising the mould, tool, die, body or coating on the object surface (7) of the substrate or pattern (5), wherein at one or more predetermined stages during spraying droplets of a relatively large mean size are sprayed and at one or more other stages droplets or a relatively smaller mean size are sprayed.
Abstract:
A PEEK composite may be applied to a metallic substrate (32) through an HVOF process. The metallic substrate (32) is prepared with a metallic bonding layer (34) that is arc sprayed onto its surface. A powderized PEEK composite material (36) is then heated and propelled against the substrate (32) and bonding layer (34) by a high velocity oxy fuel technique to uniformly coat the substrate (32). Following the HVOF process, the PEEK coating is annealed to provide a durable, PEEK-coated substrate.
Abstract:
A PEEK composite may be applied to a metallic substrate (32) through an HVOF process. The metallic substrate (32) is prepared with a metallic bonding layer (34) that is arc sprayed onto its surface. A powderized PEEK composite material (36) is then heated and propelled against the substrate (32) and bonding layer (34) by a high velocity oxy fuel technique to uniformly coat the substrate (32). Following the HVOF process, the PEEK coating is annealed to provide a durable, PEEK-coated substrate.