The present disclosure provides a magnetostrictive guided wave sensor and a method for preparing magnetostrictive coating, relating to the field of magnetic functional materials and preparations thereof. The method includes: pretreating a surface of a test piece; and spraying magnetostrictive alloy powder on the pretreated surface of the test piece to form a magnetostrictive coating attached to the pretreated surface. In the magnetostrictive guided wave sensor and the method for preparing magnetostrictive coating according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by spraying the magnetostrictive coating on the test piece, no coupling agent is required between the probe of the magnetostrictive coating sensor and the test piece, and the magnetostrictive coating can be formed on test pieces of any shape. In addition, the coating has a high bonding strength with the test piece, and has good tissue characteristics and magnetostrictive performance.

The present disclosure provides a magnetostrictive guided wave sensor and a method for preparing magnetostrictive coating, relating to the field of magnetic functional materials and preparations thereof. The method includes: pretreating a surface of a test piece; and spraying magnetostrictive alloy powder on the pretreated surface of the test piece to form a magnetostrictive coating attached to the pretreated surface. In the magnetostrictive guided wave sensor and the method for preparing magnetostrictive coating according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by spraying the magnetostrictive coating on the test piece, no coupling agent is required between the probe of the magnetostrictive coating sensor and the test piece, and the magnetostrictive coating can be formed on test pieces of any shape. In addition, the coating has a high bonding strength with the test piece, and has good tissue characteristics and magnetostrictive performance.

The present invention provides a metal powder-polymer matrix film for use in delivering metal powder to a three-dimensional printing process, the matrix comprising at least one metal powder and a polymer sheet, wherein the metal powder is incorporated within the polymer sheet architecture or on the polymer sheet surface, and wherein the polymer sheet has a thickness that is at least half that of the powder thickness.

An array-spraying additive manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing a large-sized equiaxed crystal aluminum alloy ingot, comprising: a liquid aluminum spraying mechanism having array nozzles disposed in an atmospheric pressure chamber, a movable condensing mechanism disposed in the atmospheric pressure chamber below the liquid aluminum spraying mechanism, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism sends an upward guiding command to a release mechanism and issues a three-dimensional movement command to the movable condensing mechanism, such that liquid aluminum in the liquid aluminum spraying mechanism is sprayed at the surface of the movable condensing mechanism in a continuous array of liquid flows according to a preset path and is rapidly condensed to form an ingot. Also disclosed is an additive manufacturing method employing the apparatus.

A composite substrate comprising a mesh layer and a composite material layer is provided, wherein the mesh layer comprises a mesh material and an adhesive, said adhesive permeating the mesh material and adhering the mesh material directly to a surface of the composite material layer. A metal-coated composite substrate is provided. The metal-coated composite substrate comprises a composite substrate, as defined in the section above, and a metal layer covering a side of the mesh layer opposite the composite layer. Furthermore, a method for producing the composite substrate is provided. Moreover, a method for producing the metal-coated composite substrate is provided.

Provided are advanced automated fabrication methods and systems which utilize laser fabrication. Also provided are methods for an automated roboticized factory. The disclosed invention utilizes a number of modules to result in automatic fabrication, which provides advantages over manual fabrication of the prior art. Embodiments of the disclosed invention may include a material management module, a build module, an automation module, and a control module. Embodiments of the invention may employ artificial intelligence with machine learning such that the fabrication system becomes even more efficient and accurate over time.

A cooling system for a cold spray nozzle or a thermal spray barrel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The cooling system includes a sleeve with cooling fins that encapsulate a spray nozzle or barrel to enable heat transfer from the nozzle or barrel to the fins and then to the external ambient environment. The sleeve may optionally include one or more channels with cooling tubes to enable enhanced cooling with a cooling medium flowing through the tubes and across the fins.

The disclosure provides a fully new method for molten metal coating treatment coating treatment, as a method for treating surfaces of a metal strip by molten metal coating, by which inherent issues in conventional immersion coatings and spray coatings are avoided. In the disclosed method for molten metal coating treatment, a surface of a metal strip is coated by discharging a droplet of a molten metal toward the surface of the metal strip, using a nozzle system configured to discharge the droplet of the molten metal from a nozzle due to an action of the Lorentz force generated on the molten metal by sending an electric current to the molten metal in a chamber, the chamber being applied with magnetic flux in a given direction, while the electric current sent in a direction perpendicular to the given direction.

The disclosure provides a fully new method for molten metal coating treatment coating treatment, as a method for treating surfaces of a metal strip by molten metal coating, by which inherent issues in conventional immersion coatings and spray coatings are avoided. In the disclosed method for molten metal coating treatment, a surface of a metal strip is coated by discharging a droplet of a molten metal toward the surface of the metal strip, using a nozzle system configured to discharge the droplet of the molten metal from a nozzle due to an action of the Lorentz force generated on the molten metal by sending an electric current to the molten metal in a chamber, the chamber being applied with magnetic flux in a given direction, while the electric current sent in a direction perpendicular to the given direction.

A bearing component such as a bearing ring includes a metallic base body and at least one alloy steel coating on the base body, the coating being applied to the base body by deposition welding. The base body is preferably non-alloy steel or cast iron, and the alloy includes at least one carbide-forming transition metal such as niobium, tantalum, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, or manganese. The coating can form a raceway of the bearing component or a structural element such as a flange. Also a method of forming such a bearing component is provided.