Method and apparatus for thermal spraying cylindrical bores
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorsWalter C. Vliet, Edwin E. Rice
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Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for coating the interior surface of a cylinder wherein a consumable electrode is fed to an arc formed between a rotating non-consumable electrode and directing an atomizing gas through the arc formed to carry the molten metal of the consumable electrode to the cylinder wall to coat the wall and wherein the consumable electrode is introduced into the cylinder from an end opposite the rotating non-consumable electrode.
Claims9
A method of thermal spraying a material onto a restricted access internal cylindrical surface forming a cylindrical bore of a cylinder having a first cylindrical axis of said cylindrical bore comprising:
- an arc spraying process with a consumable electrode and a non-consumable electrode wherein the non-consumable electrode is introduced into the cylinder from one open end and rotated within the cylinder about the cylindrical axis but offset therefrom as well as being linearly translated along the cylindrical axis;
- said consumable electrode being fed into and maintained in arc striking distance from the non-consumable electrode from an opposite open end of the cylinder;
- an arc being struck between the consumable and non-consumable electrodes and atomizing gas being directed through the arc and across the first cylindrical axis to atomize molten material in the arc and carry it towards and deposit it on the internal cylindrical surface.
An apparatus for thermal spraying cylindrical bores comprising:
- a thermal arc spray head including a non-consumable electrode disposed for rotation about and translation along a central axis of a cylindrical bore;
- said thermal arc spray head being inserted into said cylindrical bore from one open end of said cylindrical bore;
- a consumable electrode being inserted from an opposite open end of said cylindrical bore along said central axis to within arc striking distance from said non-consumable electrode;
- means for thereafter synchronizing the translation of said consumable and said non-consumable electrode, in arc sustaining distance along said central axis, in an arc sustaining distance;
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- means associated with said non-consumable electrode for directing an atomizing gas through an arc formed and across the central axis between said consumable and said non-consumable electrode to atomize molten material from the consumable electrode in the arc and carry it towards and deposit it on an inner cylindrical surface of said cylindrical bore.
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