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Automatic targeting of plasma spray gun

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6344191

A means for monitoring the material portion in the flame of a plasma spray gun during spraying operations is described. A collimated detector, sensitive to certain wavelengths of light emission, is used to locate the centroid of the material with each pass of the gun. The response from the detector is then relayed to the gun controller to be used to automatically realign the gun.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4122351
OSTI ID:
6344191
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English