Dear Gordon and Group:

Just would like to make you aware of ERA's activity in this regard. We are well equipped with stereo, light and scanning elctron microscopes to conduct metallography, composition, and microstructure analysis of coatings from thermal spray for applications in pumps, turbines, printing rolls, and general industry machinery for environmental degradation resistance attack.

We could conduct 3rd party coating failure investigation, quality evaluation, coating and process identifcation, reverse engineering, condition evaluation, and remnant life assessment of components and coatings.??

We have good experience in thermal spray but also beyond (anodising, PVD, CVD, eletrophoretic, pack diffusion, thermochemncial treatment etc). We have expertise in wear, corrosion, high temperature oxidation, hot corrosion, metal dusting, and (also conduct) general mechanical testing (creep, fatigue, etc).

If you have a potential need of examination of a new, ex-service, or failed coating (or others not listed) and would like to find out how ERA could help, please feel free to let me know.

Thank you for your attention,

Hong Wei
Senior Metallurgist
ERA Technology, UK

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Hello
I would like buy new podwers such as mainly pyrochlores La, Ga -Zr-O or others new materials for TBC system.
Where I can found the producers etc.

hi every body,

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Hi,

Just like to know what is the right type of abrasive for surface preparation with requirement of SA 2.5 - SA 3 with angular and sharp profile 65-120 micron. The preparation is for metalizing application and metal finish requires near white metal SSPC-10 or white metal SSPC-5. Thanks in advance for your input.

ANS

Dear All,
what is the minimum temperature to which Arc sprayed shaft with 13% Chrome steel can be subjected while carrying out shrink fitting.
Will there be cracks due to change in properties? what is the best material for this appication
Regards
Vijay Deshpande

Hi,

I've been working on a project of biomass cofiring with coal. The operators notice an increase in the number of boiler tube failure due to impingement (probably).

I would like to submit them to apply a kind of ceramic coating in the boiler walls. However, as I'm not a specialist of that stuff, I don't know if it's feasible for the following reasons:

- there's a surface of about 500 m2 to be coated
- which coating method is the most suitable for this application
- which coating material could be used as well
- is it economically feasible... basically what's the cost of coating 500m2: I guess that my client will not run a coating if it's more expensive than changing the tubes!

I will be grateful for your answer to my questions.

Florent

Hi all,
I want to know surface roughness for the every coating. Can anyone offer some information?
Thanks,
Best regards,

William

Dear Colleagues
I sincerely suggest that you get familiar with UCT solutions at
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