U.S. Cold Spray Technology Used to Refurbish Aging Bombers

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and Ellsworth Air Force Base have signed a formal partnership to jointly undertake project research aimed at modernizing aging bombers. To date, four B-1 bombers have been refurbished, enabling them to remain in service and saving the military millions of dollars.

Category:

Coating spray equipment

Cold spray equipment

Aerospace field

Key words:

Request for quotation E-mail:CarrieFeng07@outlook.com

Product Description

American cold spray technology is used for Renovation Old bomber

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Ellsworth The air base signed a formal cooperation agreement to jointly conduct project research aimed at upgrading aging bombers. Currently, four units have been renovated. B-1 The bomber has been modified to allow it to remain in service and save the military several million dollars.

Developed in collaboration with the Army Research Laboratory, researchers used cold-spray technology to deposit aluminum powder onto worn and damaged areas of aircraft skin panels. They then employed machining processes to restore these areas to their original dimensions, thereby bringing the bomber back into service. Because... OEM Production 30 For the aircraft components from years ago, the cost and time required to produce new panels are both enormous, making it virtually impossible to replace the panels.

Having been approved, this year only Ellsworth Air force base's B-1 The bomber can save. 250 The cost is in the tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Cold spray technology can deposit a wide variety of metal powders, forming high-performance coatings on various material surfaces without causing them to overheat. This technology can also be applied to other weapon systems in similar ways and has broad commercial applications as well.