SmartArc™ Electric Arc Wire

A premium system, SmartArc has innovative engineering that ensures it will produce highly reliable electric wire arc spray coatings, while being cost-effective and having outstanding ease-of-use and serviceability.

General Description

The high power capacity (400 A) allows SmartArc to deposit coatings from both hard and soft wires very quickly and economically. Hard wire coatings produced using the SmartArc system have excellent bond strength, high hardness, low porosity and are easily machined. When soft wires are used, exceptionally high coatings rates of up to 32 kg/h (70 lb/h) are possible.

SmartArc incorporates a leading-edge gun head design that delivers low-turbulence, nearly laminar air flow. This results in high deposition rates, very dense, low oxide coatings and a reduction in consumables and maintenance. Voltage measurement is at the gun for reliable coating results.

A unique feature of SmartArc is load-sharing; a patented motor control method that provides “push-pull” coordination of the wire feed stock. As a result, wire feed is very smooth, allowing wire conduit cables of up to 15 m (50 ft). This allows the SmartArc PPG gun to be mounted on a robot or other gun manipulation equipment for added precision and automation. When the gun “pull” motor, that acts as the master feed motor, needs assistance, SmartArc senses the load and has the console motor “push” harder to ensure highly consistent wire feed.

Truly automated, SmartArc incorporates rugged and reliable PLC (programmable logic control) computer technology for its advanced feature capability and provides diagnostics tests that are easily interpreted by the operator. Two gun models are available for the SmartArc system. The PPG gun (CE-conformant) is a machine-mount push-pull design. The PPGH hand-held model offers an optional gun handle that incorporates an integrated, system-wide E-stop and wire speed control, on the handle.

Specifications

Applications

With applications in a wide variety of industries, SmartArc is the answer for swift, cost-effective thermal spray coatings for wear protection, restoration of component dimension and corrosion protection. Some examples of applications where SmartArc produces excellent value are:

• Industrial rollers used in printing and textiles, paper and pulp production, embossing and steel manufacturing
• Automotive mufflers and exhaust pipe seam welds
• Aviation and aerospace components requiring bond coatings and machinable restoration coatings
• Hydroelectric turbine parts for power generation
• Aluminum extrusion mills
• Tube mill weld seams.