Mechanical interlocking, as illustrated in the diagram, has been viewed historically as the main mechanism of thermal spray coating adhesion.
Spray Tips: Mechanical Interlocking
Oerlikon builds surface solutions center in Japan for Japanese auto industry
Oerlikon, Switzerland, is building a new surface solutions center in Nagoya, Japan, dedicated to providing the latest technologies and services to the Japanese automotive industry.
Building a Better (Cheaper) Rocket
Rocket Lab, Huntington Beach, Calif., 3D-prints virtually every component of its Rutherford engine, which powers the Electron rocket shown here.
University in England completes $4.5 million TEM microscope and ion accelerator
The University of Huddersfield, England, announces the completion of a $4.5 million research facility that includes a transmission electron microscope and a dual-beam ion beam accelerator.
Carbon/titanium fan blades in Rolls-Royce Ultrafan engine gearbox help efficiency
Rolls-Royce, U.K., has started power runs of the world’s most powerful aerospace gearbox for its new UltraFan engine, which will offer a 25% fuel efficiency improvement over the first generation of the Rolls-Royce Trent engine.