Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Sandia National Laboratories

Charles D Valerius, Ii

Martin Stephen Kramer

Larry Edward Byrnes

Richard Earl Teets

William L Oberkampf

Leslie K Sumner

Peter J Toth

A nozzle assembly for a HVOF thermal metallic spray coating system includes an inner tube, a middle tube and an outer tube which are concentrically arranged about an axis of the nozzle assembly and are spaced to provide annular, concentric gas flow passages for oxygen and gaseous fuel along with a central wire feed passage in an efficient, compact arrangement. A slotted nib and plug are fitted to the discharge end at the assembly and defined, together with the middle tube, an annular premix chamber for the combustible gases, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mixing slots and a downstream mix end portion of the nib where complete mixing of the gases occurs prior to entry into the combustion chamber provided in an air cap. An annular passage between the air cap and outer tube communicates with a high pressure air source for establishing an envelope of air against the inside surface of the air cap to serve as a protective barrier layer from the atomized metal.

Nozzle assembly for HVOF thermal spray system

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Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, United States of America

Charles D Valerius, Ii