The Center for Thermal Spray Research has considerable experience in working with industry, both OEM thermal spray manufacturers and the engineering and manufacturing communities in general. It has consistently been our goal is to create a mutually beneficial arrangement; we and our students learning form industry and our aiding the applied sector through consultation and long-term programmed studies. These arrangements have been successful in introducing numerous industrial concerns to the assets of thermal spray and have aided the transformation of thermal spray from a "band- aid" approach to a prime reliant constituent in many engineering designs.

Consortium on Thermal Spray Technology:

Through the Center's interdisciplinary research a deeper, more fundamental insight of thermal spray has been realized. This insight has revealed new paths to microstructural control allowing for the formation of function surfaces for a host of novel and very exciting applications. In May of 2002, the Center began to host a Consortium on Thermal Spray Technology that provides a forum for the dissemination of these many advances to groups of companies that want to shape and revolutionize the direction of thermal spray processing. The benefits of membership are vast and include: shaping and participating in industry related research programs, submission of coating samples, advanced access to Consortium generated research, use of the Center's state of the art lab and testing facility and registration to the Center's annual workshop and Advanced Hands-on Training Class.

The Consortium is truly a collaborative forum where people from the industry and members of the Center work as partners in exploring and pursuing novel properties of thermal spray coatings as well as innovative applications of thermal spray technology.

For more information on membership, please contact Ms. Lysa Russo, Consortium Director, at (631)632-4567 or at lysa.russo@sunysb.edu

The Center for Thermal Spray Research welcomes industrial participation in all aspects of the Center's activities, from sharing in research results to funded programs in specific study areas. Extensive facilities are available for exploratory research, materials processing, product development and materials testing. Information on the CTSR activities and research updates are available through a Center Newsletter and the world wide web. We also encourage participation in the Center's Scientist/Engineer In-Resident Program.

Industrial Collaboration Links:

• First Consortium Meeting
• Consortium Announcement (Adobe PDF file)
• Brochure '02 (Adobe PDF file)
• Workshop Nugget (Adobe PDF file)