CASCT

Cold spray (CS) is a rapidly emerging, scalable solid-state powder deposition technology with unprecedentedly high throughput, poised to become a leading manufacturing technology of Industry 4.0. CS uses environmentally friendly air, nitrogen or helium gas to accelerate micron-sized particles to supersonic velocities, enabling rapid layer-by-layer deposition at temperatures far lower than the materials' melting point. The technology has opened up new possibilities for deposition of metallic, ceramic, and composite materials at printing rates superior to any other additive technology. Canada is positioned to lead CS research and development internationally, where innovation in the spray equipment, application diversification and fast-manufacturing lifecycle management will play disruptive roles. The requested Canadian Alliance in Cold Spray Technology (CACST) facilities will connect and accelerate world-class CS research underway at the Universities of Waterloo, Ottawa, Western, New Brunswick, Sherbrooke, Toronto, and Windsor. Specifically, it will enable a holistic approach to CS technology innovation, providing cutting-edge infrastructure for novel CS-specific powder synthesis and manufacturing, transformative CS 3D additive manufacturing, innovative coatings and parts consolidation for intelligent manufacturing. The proposed research will set the foundation for taking CS beyond Industry 4.0, pioneering the metaverse cold spray framework as the ultimate holistic approach.

Team Members

University of New Brunswick

Gobinda Saha

University of Ottawa

Bertrand Jodoin

Vasiliki Kantere

Université de Sherbrooke

Jocelyn Veilleux

University of Toronto

Ali Dolatabadi

University of Waterloo

Adrian Gerlich

Hamid Jahed

Ehsan Toyserkani

University of Western Ontario

Yolanda Hedberg

University of Windsor

Jill Urbanic