Cold spray deposition using Titanium powder was carried out to investigate the effects of powder morphology and powder preheating on the coating properties such as porosity and hardness. The in-flight particle velocity of Ti powder in cold spray process was directly measured using the PIV (particle image velocimetry) equipment. Two types of powders (spherical and irregular ones) were used to manufacture cold sprayed coating layer. The results showed that the irregular morphology particle appeared higher in-flight particle velocity than that of the spherical one under the same process condition. The coating layer using irregular morphology powder represented lower porosity level and higher hardness. Two different preheating conditions (no preheating and preheating at ) were used in the process of cold spraying. The porosity decreased and the hardness increased by conducting preheating at . It was found that the coating properties using different preheating conditions were dependent not on the particle velocity but on the deformation temperature of particle. The deposition mechanism of particles in cold spray process was also discussed based on the experimental results of in flight-particle velocity.

Formation and characteristics of spraying powder for BSCCO High-Tc superconductor prepared by plasma spray coating were investigated. The addition of 3% of binder gives the best flowability of the powder. Ball milling for 30h and 35h gives the best flowability of powder in the case of 2001 and 0212, respectively. The withdraw ratio increases upon binder addition from 12 to 27% in the case of 2001 and from 18 to 31% in the case of 0212 for sieving powder of in size. The built-up efficiency for thickness of spray coating is increased more than 30% by binder addition. The microstructure of the spray coated layers was investigated by XRD and EDS analysis.

[ ] composite powders were produced by high energy mechanical milling of a mixture of Al and powders followed by a combustion reaction. The powders were subsequently thermally sprayed on H13 steel substrates. Microstructural examination was conducted on the composite powders and thermally sprayed coatings, using X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The performance of the coatings was evaluated in terms of micro-hardness and thermal fatigue. The thermally sprayed coatings performed very well in the preliminary thermal fatigue tests and showed no wetting tendency to molten aluminum.

현재까지 박막코팅 분야에 주로 이용해 오던 플라즈마 용융분사법을 이용하여 고밀도의 두꺼운 세라믹 침적물을 제조하였다. 용융점이 2910K인 ZrO2-20wt%Y2O3분말을 이용하여 최적조건에서 이론밀도의 약 97%의 침적물을 얻었다. 고밀도 침적에 영향을 미치는 변수는 챔버 내부압력, 플라즈마동력, 플라즈마 가스조성, 분사거리, 분말입자 크기 등이었으며, 침적밀도 및 침적된 splat의 형태는 분말의 용융정도 및 챔버 내부압력에 크게 좌우되었다. 높은 밀도으 침적물을 만들기 위해서는 분말을 완전히 용융시키는 것이 중요하며, 완전히 용융된 조건에서는 챔버 내부압력이 낮고 분말분사거리가 짧은 조건 즉, 분사되는 분말이 높은 모멘텀을 가질수록 침적물의 밀도가 증가함을 알 수 있었다. 실험에서 얻어진 결과는 ANOVA 통계방법으로 분석하여 단일변수의 영향뿐만 아니라 이들 변수가 서로 조합하여 밀도에 미치는 영향도 분석하였다.

In general, the characteristics of plasma spray coating are strongly dependent on process conditions. In this paper, Mo and Co alloy coating layers were made by plasma spraying with different spray parameters and characterized using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy(SEM), hardnass test, and wear test. It was found that the coating characteristics were mainly affected by phase composition of the powder, spray distance, arc current, and gas flow rate.