Method of cleaning a torch of a plasma-coating plant and a plasma-coating plant
AssigneeSulzer Metco AG
InventorsBernd DISTLER, Peter ERNST
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Abstract
The invention provides for a system and method of cleaning a plasma coating torch, wherein the method comprises subjecting a plasma coating torch to a cleaning agent in order to removed spray material particles which have adhered during coating with the plasma coating torch and during said subjecting, the cleaning agent exits a nozzle and, upon exiting the nozzle, directly changes to a gaseous state from either a solid state or a liquid state.
Claims22
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A method of cleaning a plasma coating torch, comprising:
- subjecting a plasma coating torch to a cleaning agent in order to remove spray material particles which have adhered during coating with the plasma coating torch;
- and
- during said subjecting, the cleaning agent exits a nozzle and, upon exiting the nozzle, directly changes to a gaseous state from either a solid state or a liquid state.
A plasma coating torch cleaning system, comprising:
- at least one nozzle configured to subject a plasma coating torch to a cleaning agent in order to remove spray material particles which have adhered during coating with the plasma coating torch;
- and
- the cleaning agent exiting the at least one nozzle and directly changing to a gaseous state from either a solid state or a liquid state.
A method of cleaning a plasma coating torch, comprising:
- subjecting a plasma coating torch to a cleaning agent in order to remove spray material particles which have adhered during coating with the plasma coating torch;
- and
- during said subjecting, the cleaning agent subjects the adhered spray material particles to cooling to a point of crack formation so as to cause a removal of the adhered spray particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.