I'd like to reflect back on the coating technology that Tytan has a patent on. I just came across a similar technology written up in a Naval departments press release. Please read and lets discuss...see below for exerpted material from that article.
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How does it work?
A heated, high-pressure gas like helium or nitrogen is channeled into a gun with a nozzle designed to shoot it out at supersonic velocities. The gas carries tiny powder particles at velocities of over 6,000 miles per hour. Each particle is tiny, 50 microns small or even tinier, yet up to 30 pounds an hour of the substance can accumulate.
The gas temperature remains below 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit, so the powder particles don’t melt, oxidize, decompose or degrade. Low heat input means this “cold” spray can be used to coat a broad range of materials, even thinly walled components.
Conventional techniques like thermal sprays or ingot metallurgy can be limiting, and run much, much hotter; cold spray can form unique and exotic coatings and works on a wider range of materials.
ARL, Naval Air Systems Command and Sikorsky Aircraft Company approved the performance standards and objectives for testing at the Fleet Readiness Center in North Carolina.
By reducing the need for and frequency of replacement parts, cold spray will lower cost and improve operational readiness.
With fewer gearboxes needed in the field, shipping back and forth between depots and operating bases for repair would drop, meaning further cost reduction as well.
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Inexpensive, cost-effective and environmentally friendly, the cold spray endeavor -- formally known at the ARL’s Weapons and Materials Research Directorate as the “Supersonic Particle Deposition for Repair of Magnesium Aircraft Components project” -- was named the 2012 project of the year by the Army’s environmental research group.
The awards recognize the significant benefits Victor K. Champagne, Jr, and his team’s research and technology developments have brought to the Department of Defense.
Cold spray does not involve any toxic gases, radiation or chemical reactions and can be incorporated into production and also used in the field downrange for repair.
Beyond its current applications, cold spray also holds potential for repair of gearboxes and other components. If research can push this technology forward, structural repair capability would add cost savings benefits while further enhancing operational readiness.
Early data from tests using cold spray tech with an ARL coating suggest there is promise beyond non-structural or cosmetic repairs -- possibly improving overall strength and durability.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/03/can-co...z2HPwEs8Yk
Sounds like some similarities, anyone have more detail on Mark's patent/process?
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