Torch for thermal spraying

Abstract

The thermal spraying torch 100 is capable of successively supplying a thermal spray material 80 heated and fused by a plasma forming gas in an arc generated between electrodes contained in an outer cylinder 10, or by a combustion gas supplied passing through the outer cylinder 10 and burned under high temperature conditions. The torch can spray the thermal spray material 80 via a nozzle 40 by the plasma forming gas or the combustion gas so that droplet(s) 81 can be formed, and a rotatable discharge member 60 is contained in a forward portion of the nozzle 40 and has a droplet passage 61 for the droplet(s) 81 at the center so that the droplet(s) 81 can be jetted together with the forming gas or the combustion gas. The discharge member 60 is formed with a projection 63, which changes a discharge direction of a droplet(s) 81 at the center of the distal end portion, and is formed integrally with a plurality of arm members 65, which project from the discharge member 60 and arranged in an air jet cylinder 50 that is contained in the outer cylinder 10 at the rear end, whereby an air jet space 66 for jetting a rotation air is formed, and rotational force is given to the discharge member 60 by air jetted from an air jet port 53 of the air jet cylinder 50 arranged outside the air jet space 66. Therefore, in the thermal spraying torch 100, the rotational speed of the discharge member 60 for radially discharging the droplet 81 can be set to a range from 800 to 6,000 rpm. Further, thermal spraying is carried out with respect to the inner surface of the pipes and the cylinder 91 so that the optimum sprayed coating film 82 can be formed. A process for thermal spraying with such a device is also disclosed.

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