Spray material, a thermal spray layer, as well as a cylinder with a thermal spray layer

US8492318B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SULZER METCO AG · CH

Inventors

• Gerard Barbezat · Opfikon, CH
• Peter Ernst · Hattersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C23C4/11
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Spray material for thermally coating a substrate, a thermal spray layer, and a cylinder for a reciprocating piston combustion engine coated with the thermal spray layer. The spray material includes a solid lubricant of ZnO. A volume fraction of ZnO in the spray material lies in a range from 0.1% to 15% of the volume of the spray material.