
Episode 68: Thermal Spray Coatings at General Electric
Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast
The Role of Speed in Thermal Spray
We use a five-axis robot arm coupled with a three-axis turntable. So the degrees of freedom and motion to angle the torque specifically at the part is pretty great. And so that means we can spray parts anywhere from an inch all the way up to a meter. We think about thousands of an inch per pass. It can be very thick passes and build up very thick coatings on the one end.
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