Cold Spray - SST™ Equipment & Supplies
Cold Spray is a solid state spraying process that is used to apply metallic coatings onto various metallic or non-metallic substrates. CenterLine's Supersonic Spray Technologies Division (SST) is at the forefront of supplying equipment, supplies and process development for commercial applications of Cold Spray.
This technology is suitable for a wide range of industries that require precise application of coatings to satisfy applications such as:
- Metal Restoration and Sealing
- Thermal Barrier needs
- Thermal Dissipation
- Wear Resistant Coatings
- Electrically Conductive Coatings
- Corrosion Protection
- Biocompatible/Bioactive Coatings
Advantages of Cold Spray include:
- Low-temperature process
- Very low oxidation
- Little to no effect on temperature-sensitive grain structures (i.e., nano-structured, Amorphous)
- Favorable compressive residual stresses
- Ability to produce gradient deposits
- High density, low porosity coatings (typically <0.5 %)
- Minimal substrate distortion at thicknesses as low as 0.005"
- Minimum surface preparation needs