Electronic devices, including those in telecommunications and high-power systems, generate heat during normal operation. That heat must be dissipated to avoid junction temperatures exceeding tolerable ...

Cold spray coating is a solid‐state deposition process in which fine powders are accelerated to high velocities and directed onto substrates, forming dense, adherent coatings without melting the ...

An international team of researchers has solved a puzzling phenomenon whereby strangely beautiful, vortex-like structures appear between materials deposited onto engineering components used in ...

Sierra Army Depot’s (SIAD) Metal Fabrication branch completed operator training on January 16, 2025, with their new VRC Dragonfly cold spray unit. This advanced capability enables Sierra to repair ...

The new material, created by spraying a tantalum coating on stainless steel, can withstand extreme conditions inside fusion reactors. This advancement enables more efficient fusion reactors that are ...

Rockwell B-1 Lancer bombers are seen in a boneyard at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI For decades, U.S ...

Ellsworth Air Force Base now has a quicker and more cost-effective way to repair panels on B-1s. It’s called cold spray technology. “We take fine metallic powder and we ramp it up with really high ...

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) are providing valuable insights into the cold spray deposition process, offering information that other ...

The Australian Navy is researching cold spray, a form of additive manufacturing, to repair submarines. The tech blasts surfaces with tiny bits of metal at high speed, binding it to a surface. The ...

Cold Spray process in the production of Nissan’s 1.5L e-Power engine Nissan Motor Company has revealed that it has adopted cold spray technology in the production of valve seats, claiming to be the ...

ADELPHI, Md. --The quality of metallic alloy powders for additive manufacturing depends heavily on the conditions of the surrounding environment. If stored or processed carelessly, the metal powder ...