High-density infrared cladding system rapidly coats large surface areas

摘要

A novel fusion cladding system that applies corrosion- and wear-resistant alloys (CRAs and WRAs) to large surface areas is being developed and commercialized by MesoCoat, Inc. (Euclid, Ohio), a venture-backed nanotechnology materials science company. Based on a high-density infrared surface modification technology developed over the past decade by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a multi-program science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by UT-Battelle, LLC, and licensed exclusively to MesoCoat in 2009, the cladding system uses a high-density infrared (HDIR) plasma arc lamp to bond a uniform layer of nano-composite material to the metal substrate.