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Aluminum Nitride (AlN)

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            Chromium Nitride (CrN)

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Titanium Nitride (TiN)

Zirconium Nitride (ZrN)

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Thermal spray coatings are

used in over 50 industries

A multitude of process parameters control the quality of thermal spray coatings. Statistically designed experimentation (e.g. Box, Taguchi SDE methods) is an efficient means of determining process factor effects on measured attributes. As coating quality requirements increase, process variations become more restrictive, and a better knowledge of the basic scientific phenomena is necessary for improved process control. Use of the SDE methodology allows unambiguous results to be obtained at a minimum cost resulting in the best possible coating.

Experiments are first conducted using a specific statistical designs (e.g. factorial, fractional-factorial, central composite). The statistical analysis is accomplished with the use of software such as Design-Ease, Design-Expert, Minitab, and Taguchi.  As shown in Figure 1, operating parameters are varied around typical spray parameters using the systematic SDE in order to display the range of processing conditions and their effect on the coating properties. 

Figure 1.  Statistically designed coating experiment

Multiple polynomical regression analysis is then used to establish the sequential relationship between the process parameters (e.g. spray distance (A), gas ratio (B), and (C) robot traverse rate), the coating properties (i.e. roughness, hardness, porosity, deposition efficiency, phase content, and microstructure) and the coating mechanical properties (e.g. tensile strength, hardness).  This method yields equations (e.g. Figure 2) which allows construction of perturbation and response surface plots (e.g. Figure 3).

Figure 2.  CCD regression analysis equations

Figure 3.  Response surface plots for roughness and porosity