3/16" wire metal spraying
08-09-2006, 12:47 PM,
#1
3/16" wire metal spraying
Dear All;

Could you please share your experience about using 3/16" (4,76 mm) arc-wire system compared to 1/8" (2,3 mm) arc sytem?

Regards

Tolga Diraz
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08-16-2006, 06:25 PM,
#2
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Hi diraztol

Welcome to the Surface Engineering Forum.

I have no experience with the 3/16 arc wire coatings. I'm led to believe that relative coating quality is not an issue. Generally, wire size goes up with power and spray rate. I think 3/16 arc wire would only be advantages when spraying zinc and aluminium coatings at very high spray rates with power levels around 500A and upwards.
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08-17-2006, 06:44 AM,
#3
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Mr. Gordon;

Thanks for the response. You are quite right that we do use current levels above 500 A with 3/16" Aluminium wire. The service engineer from Metallisation have claimed that generally you do get finer(less porous) coatings with small diameter wire? Is that correct?

Regards


Gordon Wrote:Hi diraztol

Welcome to the Surface Engineering Forum.

I have no experience with the 3/16 arc wire coatings. I'm led to believe that relative coating quality is not an issue. Generally, wire size goes up with power and spray rate. I think 3/16 arc wire would only be advantages when spraying zinc and aluminium coatings at very high spray rates with power levels around 500A and upwards.
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08-17-2006, 08:59 AM,
#4
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Hi Diraztol

I would expect to be able to produce finer coatings using smaller diameter wire, but this is also very dependent on the equipment design and parameters selected (atomising gas pressure/flow, air caps etc.).
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08-17-2006, 09:25 AM,
#5
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Thank you for the explanation.

Regards,
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09-26-2007, 06:00 PM,
#6
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Hi Diraztol,

How often do you spray zinc or aluminum wire?

Danns
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09-26-2007, 06:59 PM,
#7
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Danns;

We are both using pure aluminium and pure zinc at our paintshop from time to time. But zinc is more oftenly used since we are asked to metallize the flanges of windtowers in paralel with our customers anti-corrosion specifications.TSA is less frequent at our job. (say 6 months between applications.)

Regards,
Tolga DIRAZ
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09-26-2007, 07:04 PM,
#8
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Tolga Diraz,

What is the name of your company?

Thanks

Danns
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10-03-2007, 12:21 AM, (This post was last modified: 10-03-2007, 12:26 AM by powerman.)
#9
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
hi, I used Metallisation machine before. The model is Thermion. Try not to use current above 500A for long term or else the trisitor (US$1000+ per piece) inside the Miller will damage easily.

P/S: How come suddenly got 2000+ people view this thread?
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10-03-2007, 05:26 PM,
#10
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Powerman,

You said that you use both aluminum wire and zinc wire for metallisation.

What is the name of your company?

Thanks

Danns
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10-04-2007, 10:37 AM,
#11
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
hi, I used 3/16" Aluminum wire only.
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10-04-2007, 08:25 PM,
#12
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Powerman,

What is the name of your company so that I can contact you directly?

Thanks

Danns

powerman Wrote:hi, I used 3/16" Aluminum wire only.
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10-04-2007, 11:27 PM,
#13
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
hi, Danns, you can PM me.
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10-05-2007, 02:52 PM,
#14
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Powerman, I have sent your a PM.
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10-10-2007, 06:40 PM,
#15
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
Hi Powerman

powerman Wrote:P/S: How come suddenly got 2000+ people view this thread?

Not suddenly, this thread started over a year ago (Aug 2006) Cool
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11-02-2007, 10:49 PM,
#16
RE: 3/16" wire metal spraying
diraztol Wrote:Dear All;

Could you please share your experience about using 3/16" (4,76 mm) arc-wire system compared to 1/8" (2,3 mm) arc sytem?

Regards

Tolga Diraz
One (maybe) useless comment. With this size of wire you easily get a splattered particle size due to wire straightness and nozzle orientation.
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