METHOD FOR PREPARING POWDERS FOR A COLD SPRAY PROCESS, AND POWDERS THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:CA3070662A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:CA3070662

    申请日:2018-07-20

    Abstract: A method for enabling cold spray of steels, particularly transformation hardenable steels including tool steels, has been made possible by: heat treating steel powder while agitating the powder to limit agglomeration and particle growth; cooling it slowly enough to avoid retransformation hardening; and protecting the powder from cold working or retransformation hardening until cold sprayed. Surprisingly the softening, as well as the agglomerated morphology of powders, has been found to allow for deposition of steel powders. Furthermore, the cooling has been found to be possible within 8 hour heat treatments, and high density, and reasonably high deposition efficiencies have been achieved. Water- and gas-atomized starting powders have been treated and cold sprayed.

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