Automatic targeting of plasma spray gun

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:863213

Abbatiello, Leonard A ^[1]; Neal, Richard E ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN
2. Heiskell, TN

A means for monitoring the material portion in the flame of a plasma spray gun during spraying operations is provided. 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.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4122351
• OSTI ID: 863213
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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