Three Top Manufacturers of Plasma Spray Torches

In the market, there are different manufacturers of plasma spray torches.

Today we are going to introduce the top three producers and their representative torches.

1.SULZER METCO 

SULZER METCO is the world's leading specialist in thermal spray technology, with the world's most advanced R&D facilities, manufacturing sites, and service networks, and has developed cutting-edge technologies in thermal spraying in conjunction with several leading universities. The company has a history of more than 170 years to date and currently employs more than 1,800 people, with more than 500 senior technical experts.

As a leading provider of thermal spraying technology, Sulzer Metco has researched and developed thermal spraying equipment covering almost all thermal spraying processes, mainly including plasma spraying, HVOF, flame spraying, arc spraying, etc. The equipment ranges from simple manual operation all the way to fully automatic CNC systems, which can be configured most reasonably according to different customers and different needs.

Sulzer Metco has various advanced powder-making technologies and techniques to produce nearly a thousand kinds of spraying materials. At the same time, Sulzer Metco's strong R&D team ensures that it is constantly developing new materials and processes in response to market demand, thus providing customers worldwide with a wide range of excellent powders and filaments.

Sulzer Metco is the first company in the world to offer turnkey projects to its customers. Its key partners include high-end customers in aerospace, gas turbines, bioproducts, etc. Many of Sulzer Metco's equipment, materials, and process specifications have been adopted by many major manufacturers as their technical standards in these fields.

All of Sulzer Mecox's equipment and materials have received ISO 9001 quality certification, as well as technical approvals from numerous aerospace users, and its material testing system has been recognized by the prestigious NADCAP as the only required material for its coating technology. Sulzer Mecox products, therefore, are a guarantee of high quality.

Types of Torches:

Sulzer Metco plasma spray torch serials：9MB, F4, SinplexPro, Triplexpro and so on.

These torches have been widely used in the market.

Metco 9MB is a high-powered gun that can quickly heat the powder material, achieving a superior spray rate. Quicker praying speed reduces your per-part cost and shortens the time which ultimately increases your profit.

Features:

9MB plasma torch has a high spray rate. And it can be operated with a uniform gas flow at high power levels. If using it for hard-to-reach areas and spraying internal bore diameters, no need to worry about facing difficulty. There is an extension adapted for mounting.

Metco F4MB-XLcan help you apply coatings on a wide range of external surfaces. It enables you to deposit coatings of metal alloys, carbides, composites, blends, cermets, abradable, and oxide ceramics.

Features:

F4 plasma gun has a high powder feed rate which can significantly reduce the production time.

It has highly compatible properties and can support a broad range of applications.

The inner design is with a single nozzle/electrode configuration and can be used to spray many material types.

2. Praxair Surface Technologies

Praxair Corporation is a Fortune 300 company (NYSE: PX). It is a leading global industrial gas specialist and the largest supplier of industrial gases in North and South America. It provides atmospheric gases, process gases, specialty gases, high-performance surface coatings, and related equipment, materials, and coating services.

Praxair Surface Technologies (P.S.T.) is a subsidiary of Praxair Corporation specializing in the development, promotion, and application of surface technologies. With over 35 companies worldwide, P.S.T. provides a full range of thermal spray services including thermal spray equipment, materials, and coating processes. It has been leading the world in surface technology for over 50 years. Providing problem-solving solutions for companies in production, maintenance, and engineering.

Praxair Surface Technologies (P.S.T.) is one of the largest international suppliers of a wide range of thermal spray equipment and materials, with a wide variety of process methods to suit every coating need.

Praxair Surface Technologies (P.S.T.) is one of the leading international suppliers of coating services (the famous blast coating (D-Gun, Super D-Gun)).

P.S.T. is also one of the leading international suppliers of thermal spraying equipment and materials, including plasma spray equipment, HVOF equipment, arc spraying equipment, and spraying materials.

As a major international manufacturer of thermal spray equipment, materials, and coating service provider, Praxair Surface Technologies (P.S.T.) has developed process parameter tables for all of its systems for all sprayed coating materials. These process parameter sheets have become the standard. Many of them have been approved by different industries. And they have become part of the technical parameters (standards) in the industrial fields of aerospace, oilfield, chemical, steel, paper, printing machinery, textile machinery, power stations, and other manufacturing industries.

SG-100 Torch:

The SG-100 torch is the representative work of Praxair Surface Technologies. It can be used for internal and external powder feeding in two ways, providing multiple injection angles, and equipped with cooling nozzles.

Uses: It can be used to prepare various protective and functional coatings to make the substrate surface with the properties of wear resistance, corrosion resistance, high-temperature oxidation resistance, electrical insulation, heat insulation, radiation protection, wear reduction, and sealing. It is widely used in the fields of aerospace, biology, steel, ships, petrochemical machinery, etc. In the medical field, a coating layer of ten microns can be sprayed on the surface of artificial bones as a way to strengthen the artificial bones and enhance their affinity.

3. GTV GmbH

GTV GmbH was founded in 1983 in Schengen, Germany, to manufacture and sell thermal spraying equipment and services. With its headquarters in Luckenbach, about 100 km north of Frankfurt, GTV has three subsidiaries and one wholly owned overseas subsidiary, GTV Verschleiss-Schutz GmbH, GTV Impex GmbH, GTV Automotive GmbH, and GTV China. The company employs 60 people and has an annual turnover of 50 million Euros.

GTV is dedicated to designing and supplying professional coating equipment and engineering according to the different requirements of customers for coating parts. The main equipment includes thermal spray guns, heat exchangers, power supplies, optimized operating systems and dust extraction systems, acoustic spray booths, etc. In addition to the traditional flame spraying range, GTV can also supply electric arc spraying, atmospheric plasma spraying systems, vacuum plasma spraying systems, and supersonic flame spraying systems (gas and kerosene). In addition, GTV can supply other ancillary equipment and materials required for the production of high-quality coatings, such as spare parts for thermal spraying equipment, various powders and filaments, and coating protection materials.

GTV offers a full range of services for thermal spraying projects, including regular maintenance checks, troubleshooting and repair, technical consulting, personnel training, and research and development of thermal spraying solutions.

GTV can install optimized "turnkey" projects for different sprayed components. The company has a long history in this field with successful examples in the following fields: blades for aircraft engines, turbine blades for hydroelectric power plants, aircraft landing gear, drying rolls for the paper industry (up to 120 t weight), anilox rolls for the production of anilox paper, cylinder liners for automotive engines, cooking pans, sinker rolls for the steel industry, wide and narrow plates for crystallizers on continuous casting lines, tension rolls, squeegee knives, etc.

GTV Torches：

GTV has different torches suitable for different powers: Delta 75 kW, Delta RE 75 kW, SIX-XT 100 kW, PENTA 150 kW, 3MB 40 kW, 9MB 60 kW, 11MB 30 kW, F1 30 kW, F4 55 kW, F6 55 kW, and P2 55 kW.

F4 55 kW has wide use and can be used in various application fields. And the parameter recommendations for most spray materials are ready for use.

F6 55 kW and P2 55 kW has the same electrode and gas distribution configuration as F4.

Delta torch is a Triple anode torch with a good reputation around the world too. It has long service life and proven quality sprayed surface. This type is famous for high productivity in coating large surface areas.