Components working under harsh environments in power generation, marine, and
aerospace sectors are subjected to severe surface degradation because of wear, corrosion …

The paper briefly describes major thermal spray techniques used to spray functionally
graded coatings such as atmospheric plasma spraying, high velocity oxy-fuel spraying …

This work studies the effect of mechanical properties and microstructure on sliding wear and
cavitation erosion behaviors of cermet coatings deposited via high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) …

Gray cast iron (GCI) is a popular automotive brake disc material by virtue of its high melting
point as well as excellent heat storage and damping capability. GCI is also attractive …

A novel alumina-assisted treatment process was proposed to manufacture fully densified
and perfectly spherical WC-Co particles for thermal spraying applications. In as-sprayed …

The interaction between oxidation and frictional load can greatly deteriorate the
performance of ceramic-metal composites. In this work, we used WC-Co cermet as a …

Nano-coating has been a hot issue in recent years. It has good volume effect and surface
effect, and can effectively improve the mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and wear …

Magnesium alloys have found widespread application in various industries, mainly due to
the combination of low density, the best structural material known today, and high strength to …

A growing understanding of wear behavior of various thermally sprayed ceramic–metallic
matrix coatings has occurred over recent years. This has resulted from the continuous …

Thermal spraying is a broad terminology for a coating process in which materials are
deposited in a spray of finely distributed liquefied or semi-liquefied particulates to build …