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This article summarizes the present status and prospects for future progress of the thermal spraying business and technology in Japan. Organizations that have supported thermal spraying business and technology consist of coating contract shops, producers and suppliers of spray equipment and consumables, and large companies that have been using thermal spray technology in their production lines. Moreover, out-side, noncommercial organizations such as universities, government, or local industrial institutes and academic societies for thermal spraying are reviewed. In terms of thermal spraying equipment, in particiular, the installation of atmosphere-controlled plasma spray and high-velocity oxygen/fuel spray (HVOF) are investigated. Typical examples include industrial applications that are performed mainly by coating contract shops and large companies. In emerging spraying process technologies, synthesis of new materials using atmospheric plasma spray and atmosphere-controlled plasma spray, laser-assisted spraying, and new plasma torches are presented.
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Tani, K., Nakahira, H. Status of thermal spray technology in japan. JTST 1, 333–339 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647161
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