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6 articles for “Plasma torch”
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Experimental Investigation of Surface Modification on Copper (Cu) with Pen-Shaped Plasma Torch
Abstract: The paper presents an experimental investigation on surface modification of copper (Cu) material by plasma treatment using pen-shaped plasma torch. Plasma is used for a variety of industrial applications like surface modifications, surface activation, and surface treatment for coating technology. The plasma device construction here is simple and effective. This development was required because available device is not useful for practical applications due to limited effective surface treating area. In …
Published in Journal of Experimental & Applied Mechanics · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 40–47 Read article
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Modeling and Simulation Study of Flow and Temperature Characteristics of a Pen-shaped Plasma Torch
Abstract: This study presents the numerical modeling, simulation and experimental findings of plasma flow and temperature characteristics in pen-shaped plasma torch. The complex plasma flow characteristic due to the interaction between electric arc and nitrogen gas inside the pen-shaped plasma torch is modeled using the Maxwell’s and the Magnetic-Hydrodynamic (MHD) equations. Cartesian coordinate based finite volume discretization is used to solve numerically all the governing equations. At a specific boundary condition, …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 22–30 Read article
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Dependence of Adhesion Strength of Plasma Spray on Coating Surface Properties
Abstract: It is well known that thermal plasma spray coatings have diversified utilizations, but not vividly in use, mainly because of high cost of spray grade powder, for development of thick coating > 50 µm on metal substrates. Present investigation aims at depositing plasma spray coating on metals using low-cost/waste materials. A mixture of fly-ash + 20 weight percent of Quartz + 20 weight percent of illmenite is used for coating …
Published in Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 57–64 Read article
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Improvement of Mild Steel Surface Properties by Fly-ash + Quartz + Illmenite Composite Coating
Abstract: Plasma spray of fly-ash composite gives a stable improvement of surface properties for industrially used materials/equipments, which has become a major technological research area encompassing studies in a broad range from medical field, chemical field to ceramic field. In the present investigation, coatings are developed on mild steel substrates using fly-ash + quartz + illmenite composite (in a weight percentage ratio of 60:20:20) at various plasma torch input power levels …
Published in Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 125–131 Read article
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Optimizing Plasma Cutting Parameters for Thin Mild Steel Sheets of Various Thicknesses
Abstract: Plasma machining was investigated for suitability to cut thin sheets and the quality obtained was assessed. The main objective of this investigation is to machine or cut required Mild steel sheet thicknesses and to determine the surface roughness and MRR values. Traditional cutting techniques have been discovered to be costly in terms of both time and resources. This study may be valuable to car converters, such as firms that make …
Published in International Journal of Electro-Mechanics and Material Behaviour · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 23–28 Read article
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Application of Neural Network Analysis to Correlate the Properties of Plasma Spray Coating
Abstract: Thermal spray coatings are more often being demanding process at the recent stages of industrial design processes to become fundamental element of the engineering system. The aim of the present paper is to develop a model-based estimation and control for regulating the coating adhesion strength, by using neural network. This proposed model permits cost reduction by the possibility of adjusting the parameter of the process for each of the desired …
Published in Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 1–10 Read article