Fundamentals of the Spray Forming Processes for Fabrication of Materials

Spray forming is a complicated process controlled by many variables. In order to control the microstructure of the spray deposited preforms to obtain the optimum properties, it is important to thoroughly understand the fundamentals of the spray forming deposition processes, and the factors of the processing parameters. In this paper, the major processes and the influential factors concerning the spray forming process as well as the results of the theoretical and experimental analyses up to now in this field were briefly reviewed.