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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY                                                                INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY

    with minimal overheating of the surface of the part. Optimization of the main characteristics of
    the process (currents of the main and pilot arcs, distance to the work piece, powder feed rate
    and plasma torch movement speed) revealed the minimum sensitivity to the powder feed rate
    and, within certain limits, to the plasma torch movement speed. In modern equipment for the
    PTA process, automation of maintaining and regulating the modes of the technological process
    is provided (Fig. 8).
            The  microplasma  spraying  process
    is a  precision  technology  that  requires  the
    application  of  functional  coatings  to  local
    areas.  Realizable properties  of  coatings:
    wear resistance, antifriction, heat resistance,
    heat resistance, erosion resistance, fretting
    resistance,  cavitation resistance,  corrosion
    resistance,  dielectricity,  absorption  and
    reflection of radiation, etc.
            For  example,  this process  is used  to        Fig. 9. Complex of the main equipment for microplasma
    improve the quality, reliability and durability         spraying (block equipment, plasmatron, powder dispenser) and
                                                            the type of plasma jet during spraying.
    of  dentures  and  fixed  crowns  in  dentistry.
    At  the  same  time,  coatings  are  applied to
 Fig. 5. The process of non-vacuum local plasma nitriding   Fig. 6. The process of non-vacuum local plasma carburizing of   stamped and cast prostheses, which increase   with a  power  source  and  a  cooling system,  a
 of the ESP guide vane  the gear.  the roughness parameters and, accordingly,   microplasmatron  with a  set  of  hand  pieces,  a
                                                             remote control pedal.
                                                                     The  arc  discharge  and  the  atmospheric
    In contrast to an arc discharge, at normal (atmospheric) pressure, an arc discharge in   plasma jet formed by it are used in the technology
 a  vacuum  occurs  in metal  vapors,  while the  discharge  is localized  in small  areas  of  micron   of  tubeless  chemical  deposition  of  thin-film
 dimensions and chaotically moving along the cathode surface. The power density in such areas,   diamond-like coatings at atmospheric pressure
 called cathode spots, reaches 109 W / cm2. Due to this, within 5 - 40 ns (the rest time of the   using volatile liquid organoelement compounds
 cathode spot during its chaotic movement), the metal vapor pressure reaches ~ 105 Pa, and   and  gaseous  media  with  simultaneous
 the degree of metal vapor ionization can be close to 100 %.  activation of  the  surface  by an  electric arc
    The electron temperature of the arc discharge plasma in vacuum has a value of 5 - 20 eV.  plasma.  In  this case,  the  complex  use  of  the
 Consider  the  main  technologies  using  an  atmospheric  pressure  arc  discharge,  as  the  most   arc  discharge as  a  source  of  thermal  energy
 widely used as:                                             for  heating and  decomposition of  introduced
    ● a source of thermal energy capable of melting the substrate material and additional   chemical  compounds,  a  source  of  charged
 filler material (plasma deposition-spraying process, PTA-process);
    ●  a  source  of  thermal  energy                        particles  for  the  effective  passage  of  plasma-
 only  for  heating  and  accelerating  the   Fig. 10. Installation for microplasma treatment.  chemical reactions in a plasma-chemical reactor
 filler  powder  material  (the  process  of                 and their simultaneous effect on the substrate
 plasma and microplasma spraying);  the contact surface area with the subsequent   (plasma activation) is provided. The novelty of
    ●  a  source  of  charged  particles   facing material - plastic, light-cured composite   this process  lies in the  absence  of  the  use  of
 for various processing of materials (the   materials  or  ceramics  (porcelain,  sitall). At   closed chambers, low heating temperatures of
 process  of  microplasma  processing of   the  same  time,  the  adhesion  of  the  facing   products in the process of deposition of coatings
 biological objects);  materials  to  the  base  increases  3  -  5  times   and  the  use  of  flexibly  controlled  electric  arc
                                                             plasma. Due to the fact that the deposition of
 a  b  c  d     ●  a  source  of  charged  particles   compared  to traditional abrasive blasting,   coatings on products occurs at the final stage
 that  enhance  the  passage  of  plasma-  increased resistance to breaking loads.
  Fig. 7. Schemes of plasma torches for welding (a), surfacing (a, b),   chemical reactions (the process of final      Titanium  or  metals  and  alloys  similar   of  their manufacture or immediately  before
 spraying (c, d), final plasma hardening (d), microplasma treatment (c   their  use,  this  process  is  called  final  plasma
 - without P and TG); gases: PG - plasma-forming, ZG - protective, TG   plasma hardening).  in chemical composition to the base material   hardening (FPH). The main advantages of FPH
 - transporting, DG - additional; PP - filler wire; P - powder or hardening  Plasma torches for these purposes are   are used as powder materials for microplasma
 reagents  shown in Fig. 7.  spraying.  The  thickness  of  these  coatings is   are:  implementation  of  the  process  without
    The  plasma  deposition-spraying   50-100 microns.       vacuum  and  chambers;  minimum  heating  of
 (PTA-process)  process  provides  the      In  order  to ensure  localization  of  the   products, not exceeding 2000 ˚С; the ability to
 use  of  a  pilot  (indirect) arc  to melt   arc  discharge  plasma,  a  plasmatron  for   apply coatings locally, in hard-to-reach  areas
 the injected powder and the main arc   microplasma treatment and equipment for its   and on products of any size; use of small-sized,
 (transferred) to maintain the required   operation were developed (Fig. 10, Table 3).   mobile and cost-effective equipment (Fig. 11).
 temperature  of  the  substrate  and   Its purpose is plasma activation, purification,      The  basic  principle of  applying  thin-
 deposited  powder  particles.  At  the   bacteriostatic  and  bactericidal treatment,   film wear-resistant coatings based on the FPH
 same time, an increase in the residence   dissection of biological tissues, coagulation of   technology  is  the  decomposition  of  vapors  of
 Fig. 8. A set of main equipment (a block of equipment, a plasmatron,   time of the powder particles at a high   blood vessels, therapeutic and non-traditional   liquid  organoelement  preparations,  which are
 a powder dispenser) for plasma surfacing-spraying and the process of   temperature  contributes  to maximum   methods of treatment. The composition of the   introduced into the plasma-chemical reactor of
 coating a screw.  adhesion  and  compaction  of  particles   installation - a block of equipment combined   the arc plasmatron, followed by plasma-chemical


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