Abstract: The velocity of a free falling coating composition stream emitted from a coating applicator is altered prior to reaching a web by streams of gas directed over air foils situated immediately adjacent said coating composition stream.
Abstract: A boiler tube coating and method are disclosed in which industrial steel tubes or pipes, for example, steel boiler tubes and/or integrated panels of steel boiler tubes, are provided with a fused overlay of a corrosion and erosion resistant coating comprised of a refractory hard component, e.g. tungsten carbide, dispersed through a corrosion resistant matrix alloy.