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SULZER METCO AG
CH·36 granted patents·10 pending applications·699 citations·filing 1994–2014
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46 records- 0197US5853815AMethod of forming uniform thin coatings on large substratesSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 29, 1998·143 cites·15 claims
- 0294US6457939B2Profiled surface used as an abradable in flow machinesSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 1, 2002·73 cites·23 claims
- 0394US5679167APlasma gun apparatus for forming dense, uniform coatings on large substratesSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 21, 1997·82 cites·16 claims
- 0493US7449249B2Spray powderSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2008·11 cites·14 claims
- 0585US7891315B2Powder supply systemSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 22, 2011·6 cites·16 claims
- 0683US7357068B2Material and process for thermal coating, surface layer and also compressor with a surface layer of the materialSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 15, 2008·7 cites·17 claims
- 0781US9556819B2Workpiece having a cut-out for receiving a pistonSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 31, 2017·3 cites·21 claims
- 0880US7578451B2Apparatus for thermal sprayingSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 25, 2009·12 cites·9 claims
- 0979US7892609B2Thermal spraying apparatus and also a thermal spraying processSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 22, 2011·4 cites·12 claims
- 1078US8001927B2Plasma spraying device and a method for introducing a liquid precursor into a plasma gas streamSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 23, 2011·13 cites·17 claims
- 1178US6701882B2Surface layer for the working surface of the cylinders of a combustion engine and process of applying the surface layerSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 9, 2004·17 cites·21 claims
- 1274US7482035B2Method of coating a substrate by a thermal application of the coating materialSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 27, 2009·14 cites·21 claims
- 1372US7342196B2Plasma spraying apparatus and also a method for monitoring the condition of a plasma apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 11, 2008·8 cites·10 claims
- 1470US7874262B2Masking system for the masking of a crank chamber of an internal combustion engineSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 25, 2011·7 cites·20 claims
- 1570US5897059ANozzle for use in a torch head of a plasma torch apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 27, 1999·57 cites·5 claims
- 1668US6386140B1Plasma spraying apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2000·Granted May 14, 2002·31 cites·14 claims
- 1768US6137078ANozzle for use in a torch head of a plasma torch apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 24, 2000·52 cites·14 claims
- 1866US9097276B2Bearing part and thermal spray methodSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 4, 2015·2 cites·12 claims
- 1965US9466479B2System and process for high-density, low-energy plasma enhanced vapor phase epitaxySULZER METCO AG·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 11, 2016·1 cites·14 claims
- 2065US6572704B2Apparatus for protecting cylinder walls of an engine block during a thermal coatings operationSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 3, 2003·7 cites·7 claims
- 2163US6503577B2Method of thermally coating a cylinder barrel of a cylinder block of a combustion engineSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 7, 2003·6 cites·10 claims
- 2261US5912471AApparatus and method for monitoring the coating process of a thermal coating apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 15, 1999·30 cites·35 claims
- 2359US2008226837A1Method for the manufacture of a coating having a columnar structureSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2458US6578539B2Surface layer forming a cylinder barrel surface, a spraying powder suitable therefor and a method of creating such a surface layerSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 17, 2003·7 cites·10 claims
- 2556US7390577B2Spray powderSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 24, 2008·0 cites·23 claims
- 2656US6572931B2Method of applying a ferrous coating to a substrate serving as a cylinder working surface of a combustion engine blockSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 3, 2003·2 cites·19 claims
- 2756US6551730B1Aluminum oxide based thick layers produced by plasma jet sprayingSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 22, 2003·2 cites·6 claims
- 2855US7678428B2Plasma spraying methodSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 16, 2010·14 cites·23 claims
- 2955US6357386B1Assembly for controlling the gas flow in a plasma spraying apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 19, 2002·18 cites·15 claims
- 3055US5944901AIndirect plasmatronSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 31, 1999·30 cites·12 claims
- 3154US9327302B2Thermal coating of a component stack and of component stacksSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2013·Granted May 3, 2016·0 cites·15 claims
- 3254US6113991AMethod for coating a carbon substrate or a non-metallic containing carbonSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 5, 2000·21 cites·23 claims
- 3354US2007251814A1Target for a sputtering sourceSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3453US6817051B2Guide apparatus for a workpiece having a porous surface coating and a method for the polishing of such a workpieceSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 16, 2004·6 cites·14 claims
- 3553US2015027497A1Method of cleaning a torch of a plasma-coating plant and a plasma-coating plantSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3649US2007215462A1Target holding apparatusSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3749US2009120783A1Securing device for a sputtering sourceSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3846US2008107808A1Method and an apparatus for the coating of a base bodySULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3946US2013316085A1Method of modifying a boundary region of a substrateSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4041US2007248744A1Method for the determination of process parameters in a thermal spraying processSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4140US6548195B1Coating for the working surface of the cylinders of combustion engines and a method of applying such a coatingSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 15, 2003·6 cites·7 claims
- 4240US2003219545A1Apparatus and a method for the thermal coating of a surfaceSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4339US2004121703A1Apparatus for the surface working of a workpiece as well as the use of the apparatus for the blasting of bore wallsSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4438US7019249B2Method and an apparatus for arc sprayingSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 28, 2006·0 cites·13 claims
- 4537US7992799B2Device and method for the management of dataSULZER METCO AG·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 9, 2011·0 cites·12 claims
- 4637US5582537AApparatus for and method of sand-blasting the inner walls of bores, tubes, pipes and the likeSULZER METCO AG·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 10, 1996·7 cites·19 claims
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