South Dakota Board of Regents

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Rob Hrabe

Victor Champagne

Christian A Widener

Matthew Trexler

Dennis Helfritch

Brian O James

Adam Well

Owen Britton

Christian Widener

Cold spray devices and systems are disclosed. They include a flowpath having an inlet adapted for receiving communication with two or more inputs and an outlet adapted to discharge the two or more inputs. A discharge nozzle may be included in the flowpath of the outlet and a confluence may be included in the flowpath at the inlet for combining the two or more inputs. A nozzle body houses the discharge nozzle separate and downstream from the confluence of the two inputs.

Cold spray device and system

Methods for aircraft component repair and reclamation are provided. Cold spraying aircraft panels include identifying a fastener hole in an aircraft panel in need of repair, capturing the location of the fastener hole, and depositing cold spray material about the fastener hole for reclaiming the aircraft panel. Any excess material may be removed. Cold spraying hydraulic lines includes identifying a surface of the hydraulic line in need of repair, aiming a cold spray nozzle at the surface of the hydraulic line and depositing a cold spray material on the surface of the hydraulic line. Excess cold spray material may be removed as needed.

Methods for cold spray repair

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Rapid City, SD, United States of America

Rob Hrabe