MODELING OF THE PLASMA SPRAY PROCESS : FROM POWDER INJECTION TO COATING FORMATION

Author(s):  
G. Mariaux ◽  
Pierre Fauchais ◽  
Armelle Vardelle ◽  
Bernard Pateyron
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Guduri ◽  
M. Cybulsky ◽  
G. R. Pickrell ◽  
R. C. Batra

AbstractThe coatings produced by an atmospheric plasma spray process (APSP) must be of uniform quality. However, the complexity of the process and the random introduction of noise variables such as fluctuations in the powder injection rate and the arc voltage make it difficult to control the coating quality that has been shown to depend upon mean values of powder particles’ temperature and speed, collectively called mean particles’ states (MPSs), just before they impact the substrate. Here, we use a science-based methodology to develop a stable and adaptive controller for achieving consistent MPSs and thereby decrease the manufacturing cost. We first identify inputs into the APSP that significantly affect the MPSs and then formulate a relationship between these two quantities. When the MPSs deviate from their desired values, the adaptive controller is shown to successfully adjust the input parameters to correct them. The performance of the controller is tested via numerical experiments using the software, LAVA-P, that has been shown to well simulate the APSP.


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pp. 39-49 ◽  
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Paweł Sokołowski ◽  
Lech Pawłowski ◽  
Gisele Lecomte-Nana ◽  
Catalin Constantinescu ◽  
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