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Aug 17, 2012 — APS Materials Leading the Way
APS Materials is a company that excels in aerospace related coatings. For over 35 years, APS Materials has been serving companies with our thermal spray coating solutions, and is a trusted leader in the industry. As a result, we are certified by NADCAP and AS 9000, and our coatings are utilized by companies such as General Electric, Rolls Royce, and Pratt & Whitney. Our plasma coating offers higher tensile strengths, improved corrosion resistance, and excellent wear properties.
Our aircraft and jet turbine components work with the General Electric Aviation Group due to our exorbitantly high standards. Because we demand so much of our products, we are one of the few approved suppliers for GE. In our land based turbine market, we provide a complete line of spray coatings required by the gas turbine industries. The cost of replacing the components is so much higher than the plasma coating or the thermal spray, so our options are a wise and cost effective business decision.
The founders of APS Materials were a group that believed in expanding the aerospace coating technology into the OEM marketplace, resulting in many Research and Development programs in companies such as Rocketdyne and Aerojet Corp. Marquardt, and in government agencies such as NASA, DOD, and DOE. As a result, APS is at the forefront of a number of novel new aerospace coatings being developed for use on future military and commercial systems.
The arc plasma process starts out with an inert gas, such as nitrogen, helium, or argon, or some mixture with a trace of hydrogen. This gas passes through concentric, water-cooled electrodes. A spark from a separate radio frequency generator initiates the plasma. The resulting arc is then sustained by a DC power source that can maintain 1000 amps of current or more. The plasma arc can reach temperatures of 30,000°F, enough to melt most materials while keeping the substrate below 400°F. It is possible to control substrate temperatures as well to around 100°F, making it possible to put plasma coatings on a wide number of different substrates.
With such cutting edge technology and vast experience of the people at APS Materials, our company is strong, dependable, and on the cutting edge. When it comes to plasma sprayed aerospace coatings, APS Materials is leading the way.
Our aircraft and jet turbine components work with the General Electric Aviation Group due to our exorbitantly high standards. Because we demand so much of our products, we are one of the few approved suppliers for GE. In our land based turbine market, we provide a complete line of spray coatings required by the gas turbine industries. The cost of replacing the components is so much higher than the plasma coating or the thermal spray, so our options are a wise and cost effective business decision.
The founders of APS Materials were a group that believed in expanding the aerospace coating technology into the OEM marketplace, resulting in many Research and Development programs in companies such as Rocketdyne and Aerojet Corp. Marquardt, and in government agencies such as NASA, DOD, and DOE. As a result, APS is at the forefront of a number of novel new aerospace coatings being developed for use on future military and commercial systems.
The arc plasma process starts out with an inert gas, such as nitrogen, helium, or argon, or some mixture with a trace of hydrogen. This gas passes through concentric, water-cooled electrodes. A spark from a separate radio frequency generator initiates the plasma. The resulting arc is then sustained by a DC power source that can maintain 1000 amps of current or more. The plasma arc can reach temperatures of 30,000°F, enough to melt most materials while keeping the substrate below 400°F. It is possible to control substrate temperatures as well to around 100°F, making it possible to put plasma coatings on a wide number of different substrates.
With such cutting edge technology and vast experience of the people at APS Materials, our company is strong, dependable, and on the cutting edge. When it comes to plasma sprayed aerospace coatings, APS Materials is leading the way.
