The present disclosure provides a heating system for performing thermal spray coating. The heating system includes (a) a thermal spray element configured to be coupled to a robotic arm, (b) a heating unit configured to be coupled to the robotic arm, (c) at least one processor, and (d) data storage comprising program instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the heating system to perform functions including (i) receiving a first indication of a spray coating material positioned in the thermal spray element, (ii) receiving a second indication of a material of a substrate onto which the spray coating material is to be sprayed, (iii) heating the substrate for a time period until the substrate reaches a desired temperature that is determined based on both the spray coating material and the material of the substrate, and (iv) spraying the spray coating material onto the substrate.

The present invention provides a laser cladding nozzle apparatus, where the laser cladding nozzle apparatus is mounted on a laser head, and the laser cladding nozzle apparatus includes a conical nozzle head, where the conical nozzle head is connected to an inner side of the laser head; the conical nozzle head includes a plurality of first powder channels, a plurality of first inlets is evenly distributed on an upper end circumference of the conical nozzle head, a plurality of first outlets is evenly distributed on a lower end circumference of the conical nozzle head, the first inlet is in communication with the first outlet through the first powder channel, and a size and a quantity of the first inlet are the same as those of the first outlet. The present invention further provides a puncturing method for a laser cladding nozzle apparatus.

A slurry arm is provided. The slurry arm includes: an arm body; a slurry line that extends through the arm body; an oxygen removal chamber provided in the arm body and configured to receive slurry from the slurry line; a purge gas supplier configured to supply a purge gas to the slurry in the oxygen removal chamber; and a main valve configured to selectively discharge gas from the oxygen removal chamber.

An apparatus for preparing graphene by means of laser irradiation in liquid, comprising a laser generating system, and further comprising a computer control system, a cleaning and drying system, and a workpiece auxiliary system. The light spot diameter of the laser emitted from a pulse laser unit (26) is increased by means of a beam expander (24), and the laser is reflected and split by a beam splitter to form two laser beams; a first laser beam (19) shocks the right vertical plane of a graphite solid target (18) by means of a focusing lens, and a second laser beam (17) shocks the left vertical plane of the graphite solid target (18) by means of the focusing lens, so as to grow graphene on a copper foil (5) substrate.

An end effector for interfacing with a nozzle is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first end, which includes a receptacle. The end effector comprises one or more retention features positioned along a perimeter of the receptacle, where each of the one or more retention features is movable between a first position and a second position. Each of the one or more retention features is configured to lock the nozzle by securing onto a corresponding one of the one or more nozzle retention features in the first position, and to release the nozzle in the second position. The end effector may further comprise one or more actuators and a first channel, which includes a first inlet and a first outlet. A method of using an end effector to interface with a nozzle is also disclosed.

A coating apparatus is provided. The coating apparatus includes a coater, configured to move and perform coating along a first direction, the coater includes a coating head and a coating head movement mechanism, the coating head movement mechanism is configured to make the coating head move along a plane intersected with the first direction and rotate in the plane intersected with the first direction.

A patterning apparatus is provided. The patterning apparatus includes a plurality of liquid jet units arranged in one or more groups and configured to jet an anti-etching liquid onto a surface of a substrate. The patterning apparatus also includes a plurality of exposure units configured to expose light on the anti-etching liquid jetted on the surface of the substrate to heat and cure the jetted anti-etching liquid to form anti-etching patterns on the surface of the substrate. Further, the patterning apparatus includes a control unit configured to control motion status and jetting status of the plurality of liquid jet units and motion status and exposure status of the plurality of exposure units, so as to form the anti-etching patterns at a predetermined line width and thickness.

A process for producing a layer or a body built up of layers. A process gas which has a pressure of >10 bar is accelerated in a convergent-divergent nozzle and a coating material which is formed by particles and is composed of Mo, W, an Mo-based alloy or a W-based alloy is injected into the process gas. The particles are at least partly present as aggregates and/or agglomerates. It is possible to produce dense layers and components in this way. We also describe layers and components having a microstructure with cold-deformed grains having a high aspect ratio.

A system to adjust and measure an additive manufacturing device via the CLAD method. The system includes a powder spray nozzle and a laser beam passing through the center of the nozzle, and a light source providing a light beam substantially perpendicular a lighting plane. The light source includes a support to position the light source with respect to a material surface. A profile camera is installed such that its optical axis is substantially parallel to the lighting plane. A projector to project a view seen by the center of the nozzle on an optical path and an optical axis of a centering camera is placed on the optical path. A low-power laser shot perforates a target. An acquisition and processing unit collects the images from the two cameras.

A feedstock cartridge for a cold spray system including at least one powder; and a binder that interconnects at least two particles of the at least one powder.