Cold spray technology – prospects and applications

THURSTON S. : ‘Method of impacting one metal upon another’, US Patent 706,701, 1902.

THURSTON S. : ‘Process of coating one metal with another metal’, US Patent 706,702, 1902.

ALKHIMOV P. ANATOLY PAPYRIN and ANATOLY N. et aL: ‘Gas-dynamic spraying method for applying a coating’, US Patent 5,302,414, 1994.

ALKHIMOV P. ANATOLY PAPYRIN and ANATOLY N. et aL: ‘Gas-dynamic spraying method for applying a coating’, US Patent 5,302,414, re-examiation, 1997.

TAPPHORN R. M. and GABEL H. : ‘a coating or ablation applicator with a debris recovery attachment’, US Patent 6,074,135, 2000.

TAPPHORN R. M. and GABEL H. : ‘A system and process for solid-state deposition and consolidation of high velocity particles using plastic deformation’, US Patent pending, 2001.

TAPPHORN R. M. and INRRATER J. : ‘Kinetic metallization —a solid state coating and spray-forming technology’, Final Report, Contract No. DASG60 —00— C-0004, Missile Defence Agency, Science and Technology, US Army Space and Missile Defence Command, Huntsville, AL, USA, 30 April 2002.

GABEL H. and TAPPHORN R. M. : ‘Powder fluidizing devices and portable deposition apparatus for coating and spray forming’, US Patent pending, 2001.