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1.2 Aviation Industry
Cold Spraying facilitates new applications in Aviation. Today, there are over 50 different aircraft components in published literature repaired using Cold Spray deposition. Most of those components would be categorized as low risk ones, such as non-structural repairs of various locations on magnesium gearboxes, but others carry high risk, like the geometric repair of a propeller blade of a C160. In addition, there is increased interest in “Repair at the point of need” or bringing the repair process to the aircraft, which provides increased ROI on lower cost, but difficult to remove components. This presentation will give examples of these flying, cold spray repaired parts, as well as a sketch of the equipment requirements for an “aviation repair station”, including booth, gas supply, dust collection, automation, spray-equipment, and even equipment specifically designed for hand operation and repair at the point of use. This presentation will also discuss the general application selection process and some specific material solutions.
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