Cold spray coating process

A cold spray coating process for propelling a powdered babbitt material using a cold spray nozzle, the cold spray coating process comprising:

• positioning the cold spray nozzle relative to a bearing assembly;
• rotating the cold spray nozzle;
• and
• directing the powdered babbitt material through the cold spray nozzle, to a surface of the bearing assembly;
• wherein the powdered babbitt material adheres to the surface of the bearing assembly, the rotating of the cold spray nozzle forming a coating on the surface of the bearing assembly.

A cold spray coating process for propelling a powdered babbitt material using a cold spray nozzle, the cold spray coating process comprising:

• positioning the cold spray nozzle relative to a bearing assembly;
• rotating the cold spray nozzle and the bearing assembly relative to each other;
• directing the powdered babbitt material through the cold spray nozzle, to a surface of the bearing assembly;
• adhering the powdered babbitt material to the surface of the bearing assembly, the adhering of the babbitt material forming a coating on the surface of the bearing assembly;
• monitoring one or more properties of the coating on the surface of the bearing assembly with a coating monitor;
• transmitting a first signal from the coating monitor to a coating analyzer;
• analyzing the first signal from the coating monitor with the coating analyzer;
• sending a second signal from the coating analyzer to a coating control device;
• and
• configuring the cold spray nozzle with the coating control device in response to the second signal.