Thermal-sprayed coatings on aluminium for mould tool protection and upgrade

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 184-191

  Gibbons, Gregory John ^a   Hansell, Robert George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coatings; Injection mould tooling; Thermal spray

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; INJECTION MOLDING; MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL SPRAYING;

ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA SPRAYING (APS); INJECTION MOLD TOOLING;

PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

EID: 44649176309     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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