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EP1925693A3
EP1925693A3 EP07022932A EP07022932A EP1925693A3 EP 1925693 A3 EP1925693 A3 EP 1925693A3 EP 07022932 A EP07022932 A EP 07022932A EP 07022932 A EP07022932 A EP 07022932A EP 1925693 A3 EP1925693 A3 EP 1925693A3
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Anatoly Pavlovich Alkhimov
Vladimir Federovich Kosarev
Sergey Vladimirovich Klinkov
Victor Vladimirovich Lavrushin
Aleksey Alesandrovich Sova
Bernard Laget
Philippe Bertrand
Igor Smurov
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Ecole Nationale dIngenieurs de Saint Etienne ENISE
Institut De Mecanique Theorique Et Appliquee SA Khristianovich de la Division Siberienne De
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C24/00—Coating starting from inorganic powder
    • C23C24/02—Coating starting from inorganic powder by application of pressure only
    • C23C24/04—Impact or kinetic deposition of particles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/16—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas incorporating means for heating or cooling the material to be sprayed
    • B05B7/20—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas incorporating means for heating or cooling the material to be sprayed by flame or combustion
    • B05B7/201—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas incorporating means for heating or cooling the material to be sprayed by flame or combustion downstream of the nozzle
    • B05B7/205—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas incorporating means for heating or cooling the material to be sprayed by flame or combustion downstream of the nozzle the material to be sprayed being originally a particulate material

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  • Application Of Or Painting With Fluid Materials (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne une méthode et un dispositif de projection gazodynamique de matériaux en poudre en vue de l'utilisation dans la mécanique et d'autres domaines industriels pour former des revêtements fonctionnels apportant des propriétés différentes sur les surfaces traitées. L'élargissement des capacités fonctionnelles et technologiques de la méthode et de l'appareil est atteint grâce au fait que des matériaux (métalliques ou non), en poudre de propriétés différentes sont alimentés simultanément dans les parties subsonique et/ou supersonique de la buse via les différents points d'alimentation afin d'assurer les conditions de projection optimales pour chaque matériau en poudre. Les poudres différentes sont injectées dans la buse supersonique via le point principal d'aümentation en poudre réalisé de sorte de permettre d'alimenter séparément les poudres différentes dans les parties subsonique et/ou supersonique de la buse et via les points supplémentaires d'alimentation des poudres différentes dans la partie supersonique de la buse, ces points supplémentaires étant réalisés sous forme d'éléments interchangeables et montés consécutivement et coaxialement à la partie supersonique de la buse.

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The invention relates to a method and a device for gasodynamic projection of powdered materials for use in mechanics and other industrial fields to form functional coatings providing different properties on the treated surfaces. The expansion of the functional and technological capabilities of the method and the apparatus is achieved by virtue of the fact that materials (metal or not), in powder of different properties, are fed simultaneously into the subsonic and / or supersonic parts of the nozzle via the different feed points to ensure the optimal spraying conditions for each powder material. The different powders are injected into the supersonic nozzle via the main point of powder addition so that the different powders can be fed separately into the subsonic and / or supersonic portions of the nozzle and via the additional feed points of the nozzle. different powders in the supersonic part of the nozzle, these additional points being made in the form of interchangeable elements and mounted consecutively and coaxially to the supersonic part of the nozzle.
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EP20070022932 2006-11-27 2007-11-27 Cold gas spraying method and apparatus therefor Not-in-force EP1925693B1 (en)

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RU2006141982/02A RU2353705C2 (en) 2006-11-27 2006-11-27 Method ofgas-dynamic sputtering of powder materials and facility for its realisation

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