| SPECIFICATION: | A composite Nickel-Aluminum wire to spray as a bondcoat in the Oxy-Acetylene wire-spray metallizing process. Typically 80% Ni and 20% Al. |
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| PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: | A bright Aluminum tubular wire containing a solid Nickel core wire. |
| BOND STRENGTH: | As per lab reports, there was a failure of the adhesive in all three samples, one slightly below 12,000 p.s.i. and two well above 12,000 p.s,i, with a 0.009" coating. |
| COATING APPEARANCE: | A 200X micro of a 0.005" coating of BONDRITE bondcoat over a steel substrate shows excellent alloying at the interface. |
| ADVANTAGES: | This wire sprays at a higher speed of about 8 lbs per hour compared to 5 lbs for the currently available Ni-Al wire and gives an extremely homogeneous spray pattern. Also unlike the wire with petletized Nickel powder core inside an Aluminum tube, this wire does not spit. The older wire had a tendency to propel un-melted Nickel particles if the Aluminum sheath burned out prematurely. This does not happen with BONDRITER as the solid Nickel wire cannot shoot out unless it is melted and atomized by the compressed air jet before it is sprayed. This in turn imparts very high bond strength to the coating, as proven by the lab report. |
| PACKAGING: | The wire is layer wound on 12" diameter spools with a weight of 11 lbs each. Special packaging is available at no additional cost for a reasonable quantity if requested at the time of placing the order. |
| Availability: | All thermal spray wires available including LS, Stainless Steel, Monel, aluminum bronze, Babbitt, tin and Zinc in various diameters. |
