Abstract: A process is described for forming integral coatings on metal and/or non-metallic substrate surfaces by the method of physical and chemical deposition in a vacuum of metal and/or non-metallic materials. The process, improved so as to obtain a coating with quasi-plasticity behavior, includes an action for depositing material onto substrate surfaces in the shape of multiple separated-in-space deposition zones of predetermined form and dimensions, and, also, an action for continuous migration of these deposition zones over the substrate surface during the whole of the coating formation process, while preserving a uniform coating thickness. In a particular embodiment, a protective high-temperature resistant NiCrAlY system coating is formed on a protected component by physical vapor deposition, which deposition is done through a screen having a series of narrow and long slots.

Abstract: A process for production of hollow thermal-barrier coatings functioning as high-temperature heat-exchangers made of metal and/or non-metallic materials, applied onto the surface of metal and/or non-metallic substrata. The hollow/channeled coatings having a predetermined design, comprising an outer shell and an inner framework, which framework joins the outer shell with the surface of the substrate, together making a system of hollows and/or channels in the space between the outer shell and the substrate.