New Trends in the Field of Surface Treatment of Thermal Spraying in the Present and Future
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 September 2021) | Viewed by 2317
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Okružní 10, 370 01 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Interests: advanced materials; mechanical properties; surface engineering; coatings; applied physics; modelling
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Dear Colleagues.
Thermal spraying technology enables the application and creation of metal, metal–ceramic, and ceramic coatings on all types of metal construction materials, regardless of the state of their heat treatment. For the application of thermal spraying, the chemical composition of the base material of the component to be coated and its heat treatment condition are not essential. Coatings cannot be applied only to parts with existing layers—for example, created in nitriding or chrome plating processes.
The purpose of applying spray coatings is to modify or restore functional areas with specific properties on machine parts while reducing production and operating costs. This technology can be used in primary production as well as in repairs and renovations (e.g., in the automotive field).
Coatings prepared by thermal spraying technologies are used in virtually all industries that place increased demands on quality and durability, i.e., in the automotive, aerospace, agricultural, engineering, and biomedical engineering sectors. Individual material properties such as hardness, breaking strength, ductility, and elasticity vary depending on the technology and spraying parameters. Coatings resistant especially to friction and corrosion are applied mainly to functional surfaces of machine parts, i.e., shafts, bearings, piston rods, blades of water turbines, harvesters, etc. Coatings resistant to high temperatures are applied to aircraft machine surfaces, high-performance turbines, and combustion chambers. Coatings resistant to electrical discharge are selected for bearings, pulleys, and contacts of heavy current breakers. Biocompatible coatings are highly appreciated on dental implants or orthopaedic implants, especially on implants of the heavily loaded knee and hip joints.
New solutions for surface finish, in particular, hard protective coatings, are currently being investigated in order to improve the properties of materials used in the most demanding applications. Most modern coatings require a guarantee of adequate quality, even after they have been applied.
Interest topics in the field:
- Metal, metal–ceramic, and ceramic coatings in terms of novelty and benefit in basic and applied research, as well as in practice;
- The identification of changes in mechanical properties of coatings due to wear in various applications using thermal spraying;
- Physicomathematical methods as a means of simulating the coating formation based on the analysis of real technological processes applied under precisely defined conditions of thermal spraying;
- Creation of predictive mathematical–physical models of thermal spraying, mainly based on identification of surface topography, adhesion, and stress–strain states of the interaction of the base material with the coating;
- Intelligent thermal spray systems with an emphasis on optimizing and controlling production technology.
Assoc. Prof. Ing. Jan Valíček
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermal spraying
- mechanical properties
- mathematical–physical models
- surface topography
- adhesion
