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What is Wire flame spray gun and how does wire flame spray gun work?

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What is Wire flame spray gun and how does wire flame spray gun work?

The Process of Wire Flame Spray gun is essentially the spraying of molten metal* onto a surface to provide a coating. Material in the wire form is melted in a flame (oxy-acetylene flame most usual) and atomized using compressed air to form a fine spray. When the spray contacts the prepared component of substrate material, the fine molten droplets quickly solidify forming a coating. This flame spray process brought out correctly is called a “cold process” (relative to the substrate material being coated) as the substrate temperature can be kept low during processing avoiding damage, metallurgical changes, & distortion to the substrate component.

This flame spray process has been extensively utilized in the past and today for machine element work & anti-corrosion coatings.

Process Advantages:

  • Low capital investment
  • Simple to operate
  • Wire form cheaper than powder in wire flame spray gun
  • Deposit efficiency very high
  •  Likely best for applying pure molybdenum coatings for wear resistance.
  • Portable system
  • Preheating facility built-in, unlike arc spraying
  • Likely to use system in areas without electricity supply

Common materials Sprayed:

  • Zinc & for anti-corrosion cathodic coatings on steel
  • Nickel/aluminum composite wire for bond coats & self-bonding coatings
  • Molybdenum for bond coats
  • Molybdenum for hard bearing applications, and excellent resistance to adhesive wear, used on piston rings, synchromesh cones & journals.
  • High Chromium steel for many applications requiring hard & wear-resistant coating
  • Bronzes, babbitt for bearing applications
  • Stainless steels, nickel, & Molybdenum for anti-corrosion and wear
  • Aluminum, nickel/aluminum for heat & oxidation resistance
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