Abstract:The authors have studied a new method of intermetallic coating using a small TIG welder. This method is based on a reaction between small liquid beads produced from very thin metal wire and the substrate metal surface. The authors designed a computer-aided 3-dimensional micro welder (3DMW) for a previous study on freeform fabrication of intermetallics, and have applied it to this study on intermetallic coating. In this study, a predetermined length of thin aluminum wire was fed onto the titanium substrate surf… Show more
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