US5334235A
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Thermal spray method for coating cylinder bores for internal combustion engines
Assignee: Oerlikon Metco US Inc
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Filing: 1993-01-22
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Granted: 1994-08-02
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Expires: 2013-01-22
Abstract
Abstract A tenacious wear resistant coating is applied with a high velocity oxygen-fuel thermal spray gun using a composite powder of aluminum and an iron base metal. The metal may be iron-chromium, iron-molybdenum, cast iron or a combination. A particular combination is a blend of a first powder and a second powder, the first powder consisting of a composite of aluminum subparticles and iron-molybdenum alloy subparticles, and the second powder consisting of a composite of aluminum subparticles and cast iron subparticles. An internal combustion engine block has such a coating applied to the cylinder walls.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitchel R. Dorfman
- 👤 Jorge E. Garcia
- 👤 Burton A. Kushner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 10:27
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C4/00; C23C4/04; C23C4/06; C23C4/08; F; F02; F02F; F02F1/00; F02F1/18; F02F1/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
70 words
A composite thermal spray powder useful for high velocity thermal spraying inside cylinder walls, consisting essentially of aluminum and an iron base metal, wherein the iron base metal consists of cast iron and iron-molybdenum alloy, the aluminum being between 1% and 10% by weight of the total of the aluminum and the iron base metal, and the iron-molybdenum alloy being between about 30% and 70% of the iron base metal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
70 words
A composite thermal spray powder useful for high velocity thermal spraying inside cylinder walls, consisting essentially of aluminum and an iron base metal, wherein the iron base metal consists of cast iron and iron-molybdenum alloy, the aluminum being between 1% and 10% by weight of the total of the aluminum and the iron base metal, and the iron-molybdenum alloy being between about 30% and 70% of the iron base metal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The powder of claim 1 wherein the composite powder has a size distribution predominently between 10 microns and 60 microns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The powder of claim 1 wherein the composite powder comprises granules each formed of aluminum subparticles and iron base subparticles bonded with an organic binder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The powder of claim 3 wherein the aluminum subparticles have a size between about 1 and 20 microns, and the iron base subparticles have a size between about 10 and 44 microns.
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