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Plasma Sprayed coatings provide protection against corrosion, erosion and wear. Inconel-718 is a metallic coating which has good wear and erosion resistance. This is plasma sprayed on to Al6061 substrate and then subjected to slurry erosive wear tests. It is observed that the slurry wear rates of Al6061 decreased on coating the substrate material with Inconel-718.

The focus of this work is to investigate the adhesion characteristics of a permanent magnet arrangement over ferromagnetic surfaces for wall climbing robot applications. The changes in wall thickness affect the adhesion characteristics of the robot, this in turn influences the payload and alters the operating conditions. The effect of varying the wall thickness on the adhesion strength of a wall-climbing robot is an area barely investigated and this is being explored in this work. A two-dimensional model of the adhesion mechanism and the ferromagnetic surface is developed and simulated in this study. The adhesion characteristics are studied for different thicknesses of the ferromagnetic surface with different grades of the magnet. Two different standoff distances which comprise the gap between the magnet and the surface to be inspected are investigated therein. Experimental studies are also carried out to measure the performance, and the results show a strong correlation with the simulation results. Simulation with experimental validation of magnetic adhesion presented will provide better insights into magnetic wall climbing systems.

This work evaluates the wear characteristics of Direct Metal Laser Sintered Ti6Al4V (DMLS-Ti6Al4V) for orthopaedic implant biomedical application. The wear samples were printed by Additive Manufacturing method with optimized input process parameters with TPMS (Triply Periodic Minimal Surface) Gyroid structures. Wear tests using pin-on-disc tribometer was used to assess the Gyroid Ti-6Al-4V wear samples for various loads and sliding velocity. It is found that Gyroid Ti-6Al-4V samples posses more wear resistance than as cast Ti-6Al-4V. The coefficient of friction of Gyroid Ti-6Al-4V ranged between 0.26 and 0.34 and had a consistent mean value of 0.27– 0.33. The micro hardness test results depicted clearly that, the Gyroid Ti-6Al-4V alloy posses’ micro hardness of 408 HV in comparison with as cast Ti-6Al-4V alloys’ hardness of 358 HV. The morphological characteristics of the worn-out samples were investigated using scanning electron microscope. At higher sliding conditions occurrence of large friction events lead to higher wear rates and the periodic localised fracture of transfer layer. At low sliding conditions, the Gyroid Ti-6Al-4V samples experienced ploughing, peeling off, plastic deformation types of wear mechanism.