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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5820940 | Preparation of adhesive coatings from thermally reactive binary and multicomponent powders The method of preparing an adhesive layer on a substrate includes introducing a thermally reactive powder comprising aluminum and a second metal into a plasma torch, wherein the thermally reactive powder is substantially free of binder, additive and conta... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5362523 | Method for the production of compositionally graded coatings by plasma spraying powders The method for preparing a coating with a continuous compositional gradient includes introducing at least first and second powders into a plasma torch at separately controllable variable feed rates for each powder and co-depositing the at least first and ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5312648 | Method for coating particles using counter-rotating disks A metal-coated particle is prepared by providing a disintegrator apparatus with a working chamber containing counter-rotating disks equipped with teeth design to accelerate particles towards one another, providing a first material and a second metal as po... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5302182 | Method of preparing particles with a controlled narrow distribution The method for preparing metal powders with a narrow particle size distribution includes providing a disintegrator with a working chamber containing counter-rotating disks equipped with teeth designed to impart high tangential velocities to particles cont... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5240066 | Method of casting amorphous and microcrystalline microwires A method for preparing glass-coated microwires is provided. A metal in a glass tube is superheated in a high frequency induction field, whereby the glass tube softens. A thin capillary tube is drawn from the softened glass and the glass tube fills with mo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5204302 | Catalyst composition and a method for its preparation A multi-layered catalyst on a metal substrate and a method for its preparation is provided. The catalyst includes a substrate, an adhesive sublayer whose improved adhesion to the substrate is obtained by the formation of a diffusion layer between the subs... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5165609 | Method of producing thermally reactive powders using consumable disintegrator disks The method of preparing metal-coated metals includes providing a metal powder and a disintegrator with a working chamber equipped with counter-rotating disks. At least one of said disks is made of a material softer than said metal powder. The metal powder... | 11/24/1992 |
