Repair of base material defect after HVOF Coating
Hi everyone..
We do HVOF coating for Valve ball & seats. Recently, one we faced an issue of surface defect of base material. A pin hole was observed during grinding operation of ball, which we could not notice after blasting/during coating.
The blow hole is very near to sealing area & will affect the performance in terms of leakage, or may result in coating pill off during hydro testing & cycling of valve.
Is there any method to seal/ repair the porosity, without having to go for stripping?
Please guide.
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