PLASMA SPRAY METHOD AND APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:CA1161314A

    公开(公告)日:1984-01-31

    申请号:CA348289

    申请日:1980-03-24

    Abstract: PLASMA SPRAY METHOD AND APPARATUS A plasma spray method capable of directing plasticized powders against a substrate for deposition of a protective coating thereon is disclosed. Various structural details of the apparatus described enable the attainment of high particle velocities without melting the particles. The technical concepts employed are directed to normalizing the temperature of the plasma stream at a reduced value prior to the injection of coating particles. A general reduction in temperature and substantial elimination of a thermal spike at the core of the stream are achieved. Coating particles are injected into the plasma stream only after the plasma is first cooled and then accelerated. In detailed embodiments, a nozzle extension assembly having a plasma cooling zone, a plasma acceleration zone, a powder injection zone and a plasma/powder discharge zone is affixed to the downstream end of a conventional plasma generator. F-4451

    OXIDATION AND WEAR RESISTANT COATED ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:CA1168477A

    公开(公告)日:1984-06-05

    申请号:CA362144

    申请日:1980-10-10

    Abstract: A protectively coated superalloy has improved oxidation, corrosion, and wear resistance at elevated temperatures. The protective coating is a MCrAlY type alloy having a carbon content of 0.6 to 11 percent and is characterized in a preferred embodiment by having a carbon bearing matrix containing metal carbides of 1-2 microns mean size and chromium carbides of less than 12 microns. The coating is preferably produced by plasma spraying and heat treatment. This method involves applying a wear resisting MCrAlY coating by plasma spraying a mixture of MCrAlY and Cr3C2 powders to form a coating having both fine carbides and coarser Cr3C2 carbides in an MCrAlY matrix. Heat treatment at 1080.degree.C after coating bonds the substrate and coating and forms further fine carbides. The coating desirably consists of by weight percent 18-80 Cr, 1.2-29 Al, up to 4.8 Y, 0.6-11 C, balance selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, or mixtures thereof.

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