Internal plasma spray process for cylinder bores in automotive industry

Proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 963-974

  Barbezat, G ^a   Keller, S ^a   Wuest, G ^b  

^a Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b Sulzer Metco US Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENGINE CYLINDERS; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASMA GUNS; SPRAYED COATINGS; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CYLINDER BORES; THERMAL SPRAY PROCESSES;

PLASMA SPRAYING;

EID: 0011989767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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