Patent ID: 11879173
Assignee: FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B  F | IPC B  C  F

Claim 8:
9. A method of controlling deposition of material from at least one plasma transferred wire arc (PTWA) torch within at least one bore comprising:
directing a fluid through a duct;
dividing the fluid exiting the duct into a plurality of fluid portions by a plurality of cannons that are disposed adjacent and downstream from the duct and upstream from the at least one PTWA, each of the plurality of cannons defining a single outlet, only one of the plurality of cannons being disposed into each of the at least one bore, the at least one PTWA torch being inserted into a first end of the at least one bore, the only one of the plurality of cannons being inserted into a second end of each of the at least one bore opposing the first end; and
directing one of the plurality of fluid portions into a corresponding one of the at least one bore and past a corresponding one of the at least one PTWA torch, and a number of the at least one bore within which the at least one PTWA torch is spraying is smaller than a number of the plurality of cannons.