Thermal Spray Technologies, Sun Prairie, Wis., in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, helped to develop innovative thermal spray coatings to improve heat protection and fuel efficiency in the next generation of jet turbine engines. The team’s experimental results were published in the August issue of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technologies in an article titled “Application of Plasma Spraying as a Precursor in the Synthesis of Oxidation Resistant Coatings.”
“Working together with Professor John Perepezko and his research group at UW-Madison has given Thermal Spray Technologies the opportunity to be part of a pioneering project that has the potential to address base material systems used for aircraft turbine engines and the advanced coating required to protect them,” said Daryl Crawmer, TST’s Director of Technology.
In addition to Dr. Crawmer, a Thermal Spray Hall of Fame inductee, TST President Bill Lenling and Senior R&D Technician Jesse Beske were also involved with the project. Both Lenling and Crawmer are members of ASM International and have been honored as Fellows of ASM International. ASM is publisher of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technologies, a premier journal containing a collection of scientific papers and engineering articles about thermal spray processes and applications.
Thermal Spray Technologies continuing relationship with the distinguished laboratories at UW-Madison began in the mid-1980s when Richard Wilkey, founder of TST’s parent corporation, The Fisher-Barton Group, initiated a research project at the university. During that time, Bill Lenling was a graduate student working under Professor of Materials Engineering, Frank Worzala. The two collaborated on a project that led to TST’s establishment in 1992.
