A new technology has been introduced to measure process variables as well as to store gun-relevant data directly inside a thermal spray gun. This paper describes how this technology helps to reduce cost on the areas of process quality, maintenance and coating development. Test series have been carried out proofing reduced failure costs by detecting erroneous spray system configuration and functionality. Another section describes a cost decrease of maintenance prevention by intelligently using gun data. Additional test series show a cost reduction in parameter development in case of parameter transport to different thermal spray systems.

As the requirements placed on thermal coatings become increasingly stringent, being able to acquire more accurate data more quickly is becoming increasingly important. To achieve this, process variables must be measured close to or even inside the gun. This paper introduces a new product which measures process variables directly inside a thermal spray gun. It explains the advantages of measuring the process variables inside the gun, but also why it is important to have gun-relevant data stored on the gun itself.

This paper introduces a gun monitoring device that measures thermal spray process variables directly inside the gun. It explains the advantages of measuring operating variables inside the gun and why it is important to have gun-relevant data stored within the gun itself.

In the thermal spray business quality assurance reports from a high end system usually contain only the values of the thermal spray process. But what about handling system values like spray distance and surface velocity. The paper shows the possibilities that are available today on a MultiCoat Vision thermal spray installation and focuses on a quality assurance report that includes the values of the entire system, as well as, the details from the sprayed workpiece.