Solar Atmospheres develops better cleaning process for vacuum furnace heat exchangers
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has developed an improved process to clean heat exchanger fins that have become clogged with dirt and debris.
Spray Tips: Thermal spray coating buildup
As the spray stream is manipulated over the part, overlapping occurs.
Airbus Helicopters produces titanium latch shafts for aircraft doors via 3D printing
Airbus Helicopters, Germany, has officially begun production of latch shafts for the doors of the A350 passenger aircraft by metal additive manufacturing.
Abstract from MS&T 2018: High Performance Amorphous Thermal Sprayed Coatings for Molten Salt Environment
Chloride salts have been identified as one of the promising media for thermal energy storage for achieving higher operating temperatures.
Oerlikon Metco’s Surface One thermal spray coating machine wins international awards
Oerlikon Metco, Switzerland, announces that its Surface One flagship machine for thermal spray coatings is the winner of two renowned international design awards.
Zinc oxide nanopillars deposited in surface coatings impale bacteria on nanospikes
The A-Star Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, reports that its researchers have developed nanostructured coatings that annihilate microbes by piercing their cell walls.