Process Diagnostics and Control in Thermal Spray

Multiscale Modeling of Hvof Thermal Spray Process

The major physicochemical processes involved in an industrial HVOF thermal spray process (Diamond Jet hybrid gun, Sulzer Metco, Westbury, NY) are studied by a comprehensive multiscale model. The model includes continuum type differential equations that describe the dynamics of gas phase and particles of different sizes, and a rule-based stochastic simulator that predicts the evolution of coatin...

Vision-aided Monitoring & Control of Thermal Spray, Spray

Vision is one of the most powerful forms of non-contact sensing for monitoring and control of manufactusang processes. However, processes involving an arc plasma or flame such as welding or thermal spraying pose particularly challenging problems to conventional vision sensing and processing techniques. The arc or plasma is not typically limited to a single spectral region and thus cannot be eas...

Numerical (CFD) Analysis of Thermal Spray Coating Process

Thermal Spray Coatings

THERMAL SPRAY is a generic term for a group of processes in which metallic, ceramic, cermet, and some polymeric materials in the form of powder, wire, or rod are fed to a torch or gun with which they are heated to near or somewhat above their melting point. The resulting molten or nearly molten droplets of material are accelerated in a gas stream and projected against the surface to be coated (...

BladeCenter thermal diagnostics

An analytical technique called thermal diagnostics is presented as a tool for determining the root cause of thermal anomalies arising in electronic equipment. The technique utilizes a dynamically constructed flow network model, real-time inventory, temperature, utilization metrics, and statistical hypothesis testing to select the most likely scenario from among thousands of potential causes of ...