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Supersonic Spray Technologies Wally Birtch Sr. Applications Engineer 248-217-1173 wally.birtch@cntrline.com Practical Cold Spray March 24th 2010 1 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Presentation Outline 1. Corporate Introductions 2. Technology Briefing 3. Applications 4. Product Showcase 5. Customer List 2 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Supersonic Spray Technology Division • Designs & manufactures a full range of patented cold-spray systems to the aerospace, defense, glass and automotive industries. Conducts primary research to further coldspray developments and performs process development work to identify commercially viable applications for this technology. Standard products include: ¾ SST™ Hand Held Cold Spray System ¾ SST™ Robotic Mounted Cold Spray System ¾ SST™ Cold Spray Machine units Supplies a range of OEM production applications and job shop services to protect, repair, restore, refinish and recoat manufactured products. 3 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Windsor, Ontario, Canada Special Machinery Division, Electrodes Division Automation Components Division, SST Division (manufacturing) Troy, Michigan, USA Centerline Welding Products (sales and service) Oxford, England CenterLine (UK) Limited (sales office) Brasov, Romania CenterLine (Romania) Limited (design center) Mexico City, Mexico Copper Welding Products (manufacturing) Telford, Pennsylvania, USA Breidenbach, Germany US Electrodes Inc. (manufacturing) CenterLine Seubert GMBH (product support center) 4 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Low-pressure Cold Spray (CenterLine) Gas : Air, Nitrogen / pressure: 85 -250psi ( 5-17 bar) Gas Temperature 20 – 550°C ( 68 - 1022 °F ) Particle Velocities 300 – 600 m/s 5 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Particle/Substrate Interaction* SUBSTRATE *from H. Assadi, www.modares.ac.ir/eng/ha10003/CGS.htm 6 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Comparison among Thermal Spray 5000 4000 Temperature (C) Plasma Spray 3000 Arc Wire D-Gun™ 2000 Powder Flame HVOF HVAF 1000 Wire Flame Cold Spray 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Velocity (m/s) 7 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited SST Coating Materials Spray Materials Aluminum Zinc Tin Copper Nickel All above + ceramic particles Substrates Any metal Ceramics Glass SST‐A0050 SST‐A5001 8 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Application Examples • Metal Restoration and Sealing • Engine blocks, castings, molds and dies, weld seams, auto body repair, HVAC equipment, refrigeration equipment, heat exchangers • Thermal Dissipation • Copper or aluminum for heat sinks for microelectronics • Wear Resistant Coatings • Solid lubricant Matrix with base metals • Electrically Conductive Coatings • Copper or aluminum patches on metal, ceramic or polymeric components • Localized corrosion protection Zinc or aluminum deposits on affected helms, weldments or other joints 9 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Corrosion Repair of Ion Vapor Deposition (IVD) Al coatings Current Repair Procedure: -strip and recoat Meaning: -disassembling and recoat REPAIR OF IVD AL ON HS STEEL COMPONENTS – LANDING GEAR 10 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Corrosion Repair Field Repair of LAV vehicles US Marine Corps 11 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited LAV Localized Corrosion - Possible Repair Problem: Localized corrosion is formed from entrapped moisture Solution: Portable, hand-held Low Pressure Cold Spray Technology allow for the immediate restoration of pitting, corroded metal substrates. •Dimensional restoration of contours •Control future corrosion with Aluminum coatings •Apply coatings with hand-held spray guns •Post processing (metal finishing) is done with conventional techniques 12 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Cold Spray – The Perfect Primer? Commercial pure Aluminum cold spray coatings offer 1000+ hrs of corrosion resistance. Cold Spray coatings promote adhesion for conventional paints and primers because of their excellent surface profile MIL-C-46168, MIL-C-53039, MIL-C22750 are compatible with a Cold Spray pre-primer Metal Substrate Cold Spray Coating 3+ mils thick Primer 1.0 -1.5 mils CARC 1.8+ mils 13 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Medivac Litter Restoration – US Army Medivac litter panel shown here Localized corrosion Identify areas to be repaired 14 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Medivac Litter Restoration – US Army Areas are prepped with grit Blasting Hand held, Cold Spray application of an aluminum metal matrix is used to restore the corroded surface 15 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Medivac Litter Restoration – US Army Medivac litter panel shown here being metal finished with conventional tools CARC is applied overtop of the Cold Spray coating 16 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited UID Metal Marking Heat Sensitive Components UID Specialty Coatings Zinc on Aluminum 17 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Corrosion Control and Mitigation Thin (0.002”) Specialty Coatings Tin on Copper 18 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Dimensional Restoration After Before Aluminum + Aluminum Oxide blend used to restore dimensional tolerance. Component with heavy corrosion. Welding not possible because of deformation. 19 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Localized repairs on Rotorcraft Components Photos Courtesy of Accuwright Industries 20 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Electrical Buss Bar Applications 21 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Application Examples Plastic Injection Mold - Aluminum Engineering Change, Fill & blend groove 22 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited MIL-STD-3021 - Material Deposition, Cold Spray August 4 2008 23 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited ARL Apache Mast Support Report 24 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Supersonic Spray Technology Products A collection of standard products and services aimed at satisfying cold spray technology applications. ¾ Cold spray technology is the application of metal coatings onto a parent substrate material to protect, restore or repair a damaged area. CenterLine is a recognized pioneer in the development of cold spray technology and has a sustained and aggressive R&D effort to develop equipment and processes that will enable users to realize the full benefits of this cutting-edge technology. 25 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Products – Core Components Hand Held Gun Robotic Gun Robot Electrical Standard Dual Panel Non‐Pressurized Controls & Gauges Feeder Traditional Pressurized Gas Filtration Package Feeder 26 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Products – Ultra Portable Machines Integrated Powder feeding system Sealed electrical enclosure Multi‐position application gun with integrated feed and power system Rugged roll‐away carrying case 27 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Products – Portable Machines Seal and pressurized electrical enclosure Touch Screen Interface All Metal Rolling Chassis Integrated Hoppers 28 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Products – Integrated Cold Spray Machines 3 Axis Cartesian Robot Simple Operation from control panel Integrated Ventilation Integrated Hoppers 29 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Products – Manual Cabinet Machines 30 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited Products – Fully Integrated Machines 2 Axis Robot Docking Station for Portable 2000CFM Ventilation Unit Integrated Ventilation 31 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited DoD Affiliations 32 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited SST Cold Spray Customers 33 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited CONTACT INFORMATION Wally Birtch Sr. Applications & Development Eng. Cell: 248‐217‐1173 wally.birtch@cntrline.com Please visit our website for additional information www.supersonicspray.com THANK YOU 34 © 2010, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited
