Abstract
The new materials which are composed of metals and ceramics have many interesting and useful properties in mechanical, electrical and chemical fields. Recently, a great deal of attentions have been held to the potential utilization of these properties. In this paper, the forming process for such materials was researched using a low pressure plasma spraying equipment including two independent metal and ceramic powder supplying devices and a plasma jet flame. Using quality engineering approaches, the generic function of plasma spraying was used for evaluation. After the optimization, metal and ceramic materials can be sprayed under the same condition. Also, it is possible to produce the sprayed deposit layer of any metal/ceramic mixing ratio for both dispersed type and inclined type products.
