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

Claim 14:
15. A method of controlling deposition of material from at least one plasma spraying torch comprising the steps of:
disposing the at least one plasma spraying torch into at least one bore having opposing first and second ends, each of the at least one plasma spraying torch being inserted into the first end of only one of the at least one bore;
directing a fluid through a duct; and
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 plasma spraying torch, each of the plurality of cannons defining a single outlet, only one of the plurality of cannons being inserted into the second end of each of the at least one bore; and
bore and then past a corresponding one of the at least one plasma spraying torch while the at least one plasma spraying torch is spraying a surface downstream from some of the plurality of cannons.