On 15 February, a group of researchers from the Thermal Spray Centre, including its Director, Dr. Irene García, had the opportunity to visit the ITER project, which aims to produce a fusion plasma capable of generating a thermal power ten times greater than that needed to heat the plasma and is located in the French…
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El Dr. Javier Sanchez, Innovation Manager del Centro de Proyección Térmica, ha sido invitado a un encuentro organizado por SOCIEMAT para presentar una ponencia titulada “Recubrimientos obtenidos por proyección térmica. Fundamentos y nuevos campos de aplicación”. Durante su presentación, el Dr. Sanchez ha dado por un lado, una visión global de los fundamentos de las…
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Rodolpho Váz, Alessio Silvello, Pasquale Cavaliere, Sergi Dosta, Irene G. Cano, Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-021-00758-2 Abstract: The paper analyses the fretting and wear behavior of pure copper and pure titanium coatings realized through cold spray. The coatings were designed and produced by employing processing conditions leading to minimum porosity and high hardness; these…
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B. Garrido, V. Albaladejo, I. G. Cano, S. Dosta, JTST Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Springer Science Publisher (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-021-01312-w Abstract: Cold gas spray (CGS) technology has allowed the development of biofunctional coatings composed of 45S5 and polyetheretherketone (PEEK). The combination of a bioactive glass material embedded in a polymeric matrix makes this composite an…
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A. Silvello, P. Cavaliere, S. Yin, R. Lupoi, I. Garcia Cano, S. Dosta, JTST Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Springer Science Publisher (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-021-01293-w Abstract: HEAs powders, unlike standard alloys which contain one or two base elements, are new alloys that contain multiple elements in the same quantity. These materials have outstanding physical and mechanical…
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Garrido, B.; Dosta, S.; Cano, I.G. (2021). Bioactive glass coatings obtained by thermal spray: Current status and future challenges. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, Vol. 60 (2). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bsecv.2021.04.001 Open access link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0366317521000327 Abstract: Several inorganic materials such as bioactive glasses, glass–ceramics and calcium phosphates have been shown to be bioactive…
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Our research manager Dr. Alessio Silvello has been invited by the Metals review as Guest Editor for the Special Issue on Cold Gas Spray technology (CGS) under the title Modern Cold Spray Technique-2021. Due to cold spray process is increasingly used for more purposes as deposition efficiency and additive manufacturing, this technique has become of…
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Last 17th and 23rd of march it took place two virtual sessions of the Cold Spray Club Meeting. At this event, our CPT Technical Manager Dr. Sergi Dosta, participated as speaker in the 2nd session. Under the title “Powder characteristics influencing coating processing and properties”, Dr. Dosta explained about the powder quality and its proper…
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Da Silva, F.S.; De Paula e Silva, A.C.A.; Barbugli, P.A.; Cinca, N.; Cano, I.G.; Guilemany, J.M.; Vergani, G.E.; Benedetti, A.V. (2021). Anti-biofilm activity and in vitro biocompatibility of copper surface prepared by cold gas spray. Surface & Coatings Technology, Article nº 126981. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2021.126981 Abstract: In this work the cold gas spray (CGS) technique was…
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Zarei, M.; Nourouzi, S.; Jamaati, R.; García-Cano, I.; Dosta, S.; Sarret, M. (2021). Formation of highly uniform tin oxide nanochannels by electrochemical anodization on cold sprayed tin coatings. Surface & Coatings Technology, Article nº 126978. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2021.126978 Abstract: In this study, the self-organized nanoporous tin oxide films were prepared on cold sprayed tin and tin…
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