Patent ID: 8349396
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A method for depositing multiple materials onto a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a source of a first powder material to be deposited; providing a source of a second powder material to be deposited; forming a layer of multiple materials on said substrate by sequentially depositing said first powder material and said second powder material onto said substrate at a velocity sufficient to deposit said materials by plastically deforming the materials without metallurgically transforming the particles of powder forming said materials; and said sequential depositing step comprising depositing said first powder material onto a first length of a surface of said substrate, depositing said second powder material onto a second length of said surface of said substrate spaced from said first length, and co-depositing both of said first and second powder materials onto a third length of said surface of said substrate intermediate said first and second lengths so that said co-deposited powder materials are only present on said third length of said surface.