Glaze Coatings Manufactured by Flame Spraying onto Thermally Sensitive Substrates: Heat Flux Measurements and Some Mechanical Properties

This study shows that surface preheating is required to avoid delamination of flame sprayed coating glazes. In the experiments, preheating parameters are determined from heat flux measurements and potential substrate degradation is characterized and controlled by optimizing spray parameters. Coating adhesion is determined by pull-out tests and remains constant even after freeze-thaw cycling. Although gas tightness was not characterized, aging tests show that no water percolates through pore networks in the coatings.