Focus on Spray Forming

Abstract

The developments presented at ICSF3, the 3rd International Conference on Spray Forming, confirmed the belief expressed by Professor John Wood in the last issue of PM that spray forming will in the near future lose its ‘novel’ designation and become accepted as a standard method of alloy processing. Major strides towards full scale production of special steels and superalloys were reported, together with developments in the established production of ferrous tubes and aluminium and copper billet.