Dana Corporation

The Secretary of State for Defence

David Graham McCartney

Paul Smith

Carl Perrin

Samuel James Harris

Andrew John Horlock

James Neil Towning

Andrew J Horlock

James Dominic Callaway

Raymond Cook

Andrew John Sturgeon

A pyrophoric material comprises a pyrophoric metal coated onto a wire mesh substrate. Iron and nickel are the preferred metals and a steel wire mesh is suitable. A process for making the pyrophoric material involves spraying an alloy of iron and/or nickel with aluminium onto a mesh using a high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) process following by leaching out at least a proportion of the aluminium by treatment with an alkaline solution. The product has application as a supported catalyst or as either an ignition medium or as a flare material in military countermeasures in which applications it is capable of burning at a high temperature.

Pyrophoric material

A method of forming a plain bearing lining on a substrate, the method comprising high velocity oxy-fuel spraying particles of a bearing metal onto the substrate and treating said layer to form it into a lining.

Forming a plain bearing lining

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

David Graham McCartney