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1. Scope
1.1 This booklet is intended as an industry guide for the users and operators of thermal spray equipment, to assist in the establishment of safe practices within the industry.
1.2 It provides advice regarding the avoidance of the hazards associated with the following processes:
- Flame Spraying
- Arc Spraying
- Plasma Spraying and
- High Velocity Oxy-Fuel spraying, (HVOF),
whether applied manually or by mechanised means, and for all types of consumables - metals, ceramics, mixtures, composites and polymers, as appropriate to the spray technique and the requirements of the coating. The four processes represent two that have a fuel as the energy source - flame spray and high velocity oxy-fuel spraying, and two that use an electrical source - arc spray and plasma spray. Thus there are hazards that are common to all the processes, and some that are specific to one or two only. These differences are indicated in this booklet, with some indication of the relative importance in each process.