Review on Recent Research and Development of Cold Spray Technologies

Cold spray (CS) is an emerging revolutionary technology for deposition of metal or composite powders at a low temperature. High quality deposits can be produced without heating related defects, such as oxidation, phase transformation and residual tensile stress due to the shrinkage during fast cooling. The present contribution demonstrates the state of the art of CS process. Since nozzle is a key component in the CS equipment to prompt the efficiency of particle acceleration, the progress of its design is summarized. Major issues regarding to the successful adhesion of particles and corresponding interaction with substrates and existing deposits are discussed, in terms of numerical simulation and experimental observation. Current implemented CS applications are presented, and potential industrial applications are discussed. Keywords: cold spray; coatings; rapid manufacturing; particle impact; bonding mechanism; nozzle design