The Perkin-elmer Corporation

Sulzer Metco Inc.

William P Rusch

John Frederick Klein

Mark Frank Spaulding

Thomas F Bernecki

Janusz Wlodarczyk

Martin Hacker

Kevin J Varley

Chandra Bhansali

A high velocity thermal spray gun includes a nozzle member injecting an annular flow of combustible mixture at high pressure into a constricted gas cap. An outer flow of air is injected adjacent to the gas cap wall. Powder is fed axially from the nozzle member into the combustion chamber. An annular inner flow of air is injected coaxially outwardly of the powder. The nozzle face has a shallow annular slot therein between the outer and inner gas injections. Combustion gas and oxygen flow through separate annular gas channels to mutually impinge at the inlet end of the slot for effectual mixing, so that combusting of the combustible mixture is rooted in the annular slot.

High pressure thermal spray gun

A plasma generating system comprises a plasma gun including a hollow cylindrical anode member, a hollow cylindrical intermediate member electrically isolated from and juxtaposed coaxially with the anode member to form a plasma-forming gas passage through the intermediate member and the anode member, and an axially movable cathode member. The intermediate member comprises tubular segments separated by resilient insulating spacing rings held in compression. Arc radiation is blocked from the spacer rings by meanders in the inter-segment slots and further by ceramic barrier rings. An electric motor or pneumatic piston responsive to a measurement of arc voltage continually adjusts the axial position of the cathode tip relative to the anode nozzle so as to maintain a predetermined arc voltage.

Plasma gun with adjustable cathode

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Lake Ronkonkoma, NY, United States of America

William P Rusch