Coating processes – Direct application of electrical – magnetic – wave – or... – Pretreatment of coating supply or source outside of primary...
Patent
1995-05-23
1997-03-18
Padgett, Marianne
Coating processes
Direct application of electrical, magnetic, wave, or...
Pretreatment of coating supply or source outside of primary...
427561, 427555, 427596, 427184, 427189, B05D 300, B05D 312, C23C 1430, H05B 700
Patent
active
056120990
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for coating the surface of a substrate suspends a coating material above the surface of the substrate and irradiates both the coating material and the underlying surface of the substrate. By irradiating both the coating material and the underlying surface of the substrate, a first portion of the coating material is melted to form an at least partially molten droplet of coating material. In addition, at least a second portion of the coating material is ablated to thereby create an ablation plume which propels the at least partially molten droplet of coating material toward the substrate. In addition, the portion of the substrate toward which the at least partially molten droplet of coating material is propelled is simultaneously heated, such that the at least partially molten droplet coating material adheres to the heated substrate, thereby coating the surface of the substrate. Thus, a metallic powder can be suspended within a carrier and can be directed along the substrate so as to be irradiated by a pulse of laser energy. The ablation of the coating material also forms at least a second portion of the coating material into a plasma which is deposited within and at least partially fills the depressions or voids within the coating of the substrate following the adherence of the at least partially molten droplet of coating material to the surface of the substrate. Thus, a relatively continuous, smooth coating can be deposited upon the surface of a substrate.
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McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Padgett Marianne
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