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Developments in Thermal Spray EngineeringWednesday, 15th March 2006
The Old Rectory, Rear of St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, Sheffield, S13 9BZ
Commencing 9.30 for 10.00 am
Thermal spraying remains an important technique for the repair and maintenance of engineering components. The technique is also accepted for production of original equipment applications including gas path clearance control in gas turbine engines, surface modification of rolls for steel production processes and as functional coatings on original equipment printing presses. However, increasingly thermal spraying is being specified for the production of a diverse range of newly designed engineering parts.
Thermal spraying as a group of processes including flame, arc, plasma, high velocity oxy-fuel and cold spraying, continues to be refined and developed and new feed materials are being introduced. Higher deposition rates, denser coatings and novel coating materials all serve to increase the range of viable applications.
For products with simple shape such as tubes or high volume parts of more complex geometry, thermal spaying lends itself to automation. Recently, a fully automated, computerised thermal spray facility been commissioned for the spraying of corrosion protection onto pipes for the oil and gas industry. As well as reducing manpower requirements, automation reduces operator fatigue and exposure to the process, producing a more uniform coating in a shorter time and utilising the coating material more efficiently.
This conference will discuss recent process developments and engineering applications of thermal spraying.
For further details please contact the Secretary, Dr Andrew Cole on 0870 760 5206 or email info@tssea.org.
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Click here for Provisional Agenda
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