Thermal spraying is widely used, and the test instruments know how much.

In recent years, thermal spraying has been widely used in industry, agriculture, national defense and aerospace science and technology, and has received great economic and social benefits.
coating performance is critical in practical applications, including physical, physical, and chemical properties, and performance data is derived primarily from test instruments, which are therefore an integral part of the thermal spray process.
below, some thermal spray-related test instruments are described:
01 electrochemical workstation
electrochemical workstation is short for electrochemical measurement system, is a commonly used measurement equipment for electrochemical research and teaching

. Electrochemical workstations are mainly 2 categories, single-channel workstations and multi-channel workstations, multi-channel workstations can carry out multiple sample tests at the same time, with higher test efficiency, suitable for large-scale research and development testing needs, can speed up research and development speed.
: metal corrosion research, electroplating research, etc.
representing manufacturers: PARC Corporation of the United States, Autley Corporation of the Netherlands, Tianjin Lanliko Chemical Electronics and High Technology Co., Ltd., Ametek Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
02-000 tester
-powerful test machine is a variety of different test machines for stretching, compression, bending and torsion. The most common are the lever pendulum and the oil pendulum type.
features: overload protection, limit protection, over-pressure over-temperature protection
uses: metal, non-metallic and composite materials of various forces performance testing and analysis, including coating binding force testing, material stretching, bending, compression testing. With three closed-loop control modes of stress, strain and displacement, the parameters of maximum force, pull strength, bending strength, compression strength, elastic mod, fracture elongation and yield strength can be extracted.
on behalf of manufacturers: Shenzhen New Think Materials Testing Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Tianyuan, the United Kingdom Tianshi Olsen and so on.
03 Surface Profiler
Surface Profiler is a measurement instrument based on windows system as an operating platform with powerful data processing and analysis capabilities.
features: computerized, high sensitivity
uses: measuring sample roughness, ripple and thickness, including disks, semiconductor wafers, precision-processed polishing surfaces, microelectronic ceramics, flat display glass, optical surfaces.
: The United States Xinxuan Technology Engineering Co., Ltd., the United States NOANOVEA, Austria Alicona and so on.the
04 Surface Stress Meter
Surface Stress Meter is a professional measuring/measuring instrument specializing in measuring liquid surface stress values, which can accurately measure and display surface stress values after setting measurement parameters, and can independently set measurement ranges, number of test data, and average measurements.
: to determine the wetting of paints and coatings, the degradation of petroleum, the wetting of fiber bundles and single fibers, and the verification of surface changes.
representing manufacturers: Shanghai Hengping, Beijing Pinzhi Ventures, Germany KLUS, Finland, such as Baiolin.
05 High Acceleration Life Test Box
High Acceleration Life Test Box is an instrument that accelerates the test process and shortens the life time of a product or system.
: all kinds of electronics, electricians, electrical appliances, plastics and other raw materials and devices for heat, moisture, pressure testing and quality control engineering reliability testing, adaptability testing. The combined force performance test of various coatings under high pressure, high temperature and high humidity environment.
: Japan ESPEC CORP., Shanghai Simple House Instrument and Equipment Co., Ltd.
06 Scratcher
Scratcher is an instrument that uses acoustic emission and friction detection techniques to detect the binding strength of various hard or softer coatings to the substrate on the surface of the material.
: coating samples or small components are tested for membrane-based binding strength and a variety of frictional wear properties.
manufacturers: Lanzhou Zhongke Kaihua Technology Development Co., Ltd., rtec, Germany, etc.
07 Environmental Test Box
Environmental Test Box is an instrument used to simulate the environment for constant wet heat aging and other tests to test the performance indicators of products when the temperature and humidity change alternately.
characteristics: overload protection, limit protection, over-pressure over-temperature protection
uses: all kinds of electronics, electricians, electrical appliances, plastics and other raw materials and devices for cold, heat, moisture, dry resistance test and quality pipe engineering reliability test, adaptability test.
representatives of manufacturers: Japan's ESPEC CORP, Germany BINDER, Shanghai and Present, Dongguan Eppe Technology and so on.
08 Residual Stress Meter
Residual Stress Meter is an instrument used to calculate the curvature, strain, and residual stress size of various types of crystalline or amorphoous films.
Features: The measurement process does not require the relevant lattice parameters of the film, convenient and fast
use: measuring cold pull, bending, cutting, rolling pressure, blasting, casting, forging, welding and metal heat treatment, etc., due to uneven plastic deformation or phase change may cause residual stress.
representative manufacturers: Korea J.L. Tech. Inc., Liman China, etc.
09 Hybrid Plasma Coating Deposition Equipment
Hybrid Plasma Coating Deposition Equipment is an instrument for depositing functional coatings (anti-corrosion, wear resistance, high temperature oxidation, self-lubrication, etc.) and decorative coatings (black, red, blue, etc.) on the desired substrate.
features: high ionization rate and high energy beam, high cleaning etching rate and film deposition rate, low temperature deposition (150 degrees C), a variety of substrates are available, large area growth is easy, high reliability and stability, easy maintenance, low cost.
substrates are metal, plastic, ceramic, optical surfaces and so on.
represents manufacturers: Korea J.L. Tech Co., Germany Diener, etc.
10 Contact angle gauge
contact angle measuring instrument is mainly used for research, development or product quality control, the contact angle of matter, interface pressure, surface energy, such as testing and analysis of the instrument.
: quality control of coatings, metal surface coatings, plastics, papermaking, development of high-performance synthetic materials, etc.
represent manufacturers: Data physics in Germany, Baiolin in Finland, Kluus in Germany, Ding in Guangdong, etc.
11 nm scratcher
nometer scratcher is a micro-instrument
used in physical mechanical performance testing at the nanoscale: solid materials and thin film materials test nano-hardness, elastic moulds, nano scratches, coefficients of friction, yield strength, and interface binding forces under continuous dynamic loads.
represents manufacturers: MTS of the United States, NANOVEA of the United States, KLA-Tencor of the United States, Micro Materials of the United Kingdom, etc.
12 micro-hardness meter
micro-hardness meter is a mechanical, metallurgical and other industries to carry out metal material performance testing precision instruments.
: hardness analysis of very thin layers (e.g. plating, nitride) of various phases or metal surfaces in a material.
manufacturers: Shanghai United Test Equipment Co., Ltd., Leica, Breitbart, etc.
13 Gold Phase Microscope
Gold Phase Microscope System is a combination of traditional optical microscopes and computers (digital cameras) through photoelectrelectrelectric conversion, not only in the eyepiece for microscopic observation, but also on the computer (digital camera) display screen to observe real-time dynamic images.
: observe the shape of the sample (surface fracture, deposition, etc.), measure the size of the sample, qualitative analysis of the surface of the material. Observation or measurement of solid surfaces, matter with microstructurs, particle appearance and size, measurement of coating thickness, polarizing and dark field observation of samples.
manufacturers: Leica, Nanjing Yuao Optical Instruments Co., Ltd., Shanghai Caikang Optical Instruments Co., Ltd.
14 Friction Wear Tester
Friction Wear Tester is an instrument that measures the wear resistance of the ink layer (or coating) by measuring the reduction in density before and after friction (or the reduction in coating thickness).
features: accurate constant load mode, adjustable wear trajectory radius, simultaneous monitoring of friction, abrasive depth, humidity, temperature.
: Study the macro tribological behavior of materials (films, coatings, modified layers, blocks) to measure friction coefficient, wear rate and abrasive depth of materials in rotating motion mode.
representing manufacturers: Korea J.L. Tech. Co., Ltd., Shanghai Anton Pa Trading Co., Ltd., Germany WAZAU, etc.
15 X-ray diffraction
. X-ray diffraction instrument is the use of diffraction principle, accurate determination of the crystal structure of matter, weaving and stress, accurate material phase analysis, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis of the instrument.
characteristics: receiving efficiency, sensitivity, stability and high stability
applications: mineral composition and relative content of rocks, crystal structure of crystal materials to accurately determine the crystal structure of matter, stress in materials, orientation, etc.
manufacturers: Panaco, Germany Brooke, Japan's Izu, Beijing Taikun Industry and so on.
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