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TECNALIA's Multiprocess Thermal Spray Laboratory and Cell provides capabilities for designing, integrating and validating surface and coating solutions within the manufacturing sector.
The facility incorporates key equipment and technologies, including HVOF/HVOAF, HFPD and Cold Spray torches.
Its services include coating design and validation, process engineering and functional testing.
The facility aims to accelerate technological development and facilitate technology transfer to industrial environments through pilot projects, comparative testing and expert technical support.
Equipment
- The thermal spray technologies available in the laboratory are as follows:
- HVOF-HVOAF systems.
- HFPD detonation thermal spraying equipment.
- Cold spraying (CS) torches.
- Liquid precursor plasma spraying (LP-PS) equipment.
- APS and SPS F4 plasma torch.
- Other laboratory equipment includes:
- Integrated automatic process control and gas control unit for spraying processes.
- Powder feeders: Twin, HP GTS and Termika models.
- 3 x 4 x 3 m thermal spraying chamber.
- Kuka 300 6 axis robot.
- KT rotary table.
- Extraction and filtering systems.
- CH4, C3H6, O2, N2, Ar, H2, and compressed air gas supply system.
- Thermal shock tests.
- Coating adherence tests.
- Coating design and validation
- Process engineering
- Functional testing
- Technology transfer to industrial equipment and production systems
Aimed at:
- Engineering and industrial maintenance services.
- Project engineering, prototype design and development.
- R&D units and industrial product improvement.
- R&D units in universities and research centres.
TECNALIA
Polígono Ventas, C/ Gabiria 82-84, E-20305, Irun (Gipuzkoa)
Surfaces and Coatings:
- Functional Materials and Surfaces
- Advanced Materials
Application sectors
- Aerospace
- Aeronautics and space
- Automotive
- Biorefineries
- Railways
- Foundries and steelmaking
- Machine tools and robotics
- Metalworking industry
- Petrochemicals
- Chemical, petrochemical and biorefinery industries
- Utilities
## Industry Plan
- HAZI · Aerospace
- HAZI · Renewable fuels
- IRABAZI · Automotive components
- IRABAZI · Advanced manufacturing
- IRABAZI · Metallurgy
