Modern Cold Spray (eBook)

Dr. Villafuerte is currently Corporate Technology Strategist at Centerline Windsor Ltd, one of North America’s premier designers and manufacturers of metal forming and welding equipment and winners of the 2011 Windsor-Essex Business Excellence Awards in the category of Product Innovation. Dr. Villafuerte is a holder of Ph.D. and Master Degrees in mechanical & materials engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has over 20 years experience in materials processing technology and for the last ten years, has promoted the technological advance and dissemination of downstream injection cold spray technology. Prior to Centerline, Dr. Villafuerte worked as senior technical director for Tregaskiss Ltd after his previous appointment as director of technology for the Welding Institute of Canada. Dr. Villafuerte is very active with ASM International, International Thermal Spray Association, American Welding Society and Canada government funding agencies, serving in various committees and boards. He is the author of over 40 technical publications and regularly gives technical-business presentations around the world. Dr. Villafuerte serves as Technical Reviewer for NSERC grant applications, as well as referee for a number of professional magazines on Materials Engineering, Corrosion and Coatings Technology. He is currently adjunct professor for the University of Waterloo and the University of Windsor, involved in academic and collaborative research activities with these and other academic institutions.

Chapter 1. Overview I. BOTEF, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaJ. VILLAFUERTE, CenterLine Windsor Ltd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada                                                                                                                                                                                          Chapter 2. The Physics of Cold SprayP. KING, CSIRO, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaM. YANDOUZI, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaB. JODOIN, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  Chapter 3. Characteristics of Feedstock MaterialsT. HUSSAIN, Division of Materials, Mechanics and Structure, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UKS. YUE, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C5C. LI, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049 Shaanxi PRCChapter 4. Coating PropertiesM. JEANDIN, Mines ParisTech, Paris, France H. KOIVULUOTO, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland S. VEZZU, Veneto Nanotech, Venezia, Italy Chapter 5. Residual Stresses And Fatigue Life Enhancement of  Cold SprayH. JAHED, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA N2L 5H5 R. GHELICHI, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 02139 Chapter 6 Commercial Cold Spray Equipment and AutomationJ.VILLAFUERTE, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited, CanadaW. BIRTCH, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited, CanadaJ. WANG, CenterLine (Windsor) Limited, Canada Chapter 7. Laser Assisted Cold SprayD CHRISTOULIS, CeraMetal surface engineering S.A., GreeceC. SARAFOGLOU,  School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GreeceChapter 8. Quality AssuranceL. POULIOT, Tecnar Automation Ltd., St-Bruno, QC, Canada Chapter 9. Powder Reclamation MethodsJ. ABELSON, Donaldson Company, Inc.1400 W. 94th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Chapter 10.  Applications V. K. CHAMPAGNE, U.S. Army Rea search LaboratoryP.K. KOH,  SIM University, SingaporeT. J. EDEN, The Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State UniversityD. E. WOLFE, The Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State UniversityJ. VILLAFUERTE, CenterLine Windsor Ltd., Windsor, Ontario, Canada Chapter 11. Cold Spray EconomicsD. HELFRITCH, TKC Global, dennis.helfritch@tkcglobal.comO. STIER, Siemens AGJ. VILLAFUERTE, CenterLine Windsor Ltd., Windsor, Ontario, CanadaChapter 12. Review on US PatentsD. GOLDBAUM, D. POIRIER, E. IRISSOU, J-G. LEGOUXNational Research Council of Canada, Automotive and Surface Transportation, Boucherville, Quebec, CanadaC. MOREAU, Concordia University, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada