Abstract: A powder storage device includes an enclosure configured to contain a powder and an atmosphere, the device having at least one sensitive element arranged inside the enclosure, such that at least one optical property of the sensitive element depends on the atmosphere inside the enclosure, the device having observation means including at least one observation part, which is at least partially transparent, the observation means making it possible to observe the optical property of the sensitive element from outside of the enclosure.

Abstract: A process for the deposition of a coating on at least a part of a metallic substrate, a) mixing a liquid and a powder having particles of a metallic material to be deposited and particles of a pickling agent, so as to prepare a suspension, b) application of the suspension prepared in step a) to at least a part of the surfaces of the metallic substrate, so as to obtain a substrate-suspension assembly, c) carrying out a heat treatment of the assembly which includes heating at a first temperature of at least 500° C. and heating at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, and d) recovery of a substrate coated, at least in part, with a coating, the pickling agent being a halogenated compound and the suspension having from 10% to 60% of the pickling agent, with respect to the total weight of the powder.

Abstract: A device for continuously mixing a first powder and a second powder, includes a first metering device for continuously metering the first powder, and a second metering device for continuously metering the second powder, a mixer designed to mix the first powder metered by the first metering device and the second powder metered by the second metering device so as to supply a continuous stream of powder mixed according to a determined ratio, and a sampling device designed to sample a fraction of the stream of mixed powder.

Abstract: A method for purifying a powder including grains and contaminants, includes preparing a suspension including the metal powder and a solvent; then while applying mechanical energy to the suspension; dispersing the grains and the contaminants in the solvent; removing the contaminants and the solvent, and drying the grains under a controlled atmosphere.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing powder from a first and a second materials for use in additive manufacturing, the manufacturing process including melting the first and second materials by an electric arc; spraying the melted materials so as to form droplets; cooling the droplets by a carrier gas so as to form solid particles; separating the solid particles from the carrier gas and collecting the solid particles so as to form the powder; and enriching the droplets and/or the particles by an active substance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing powder from a first and a second materials for use in additive manufacturing, the manufacturing process including melting the first and second materials by an electric arc; spraying the melted materials so as to form droplets; cooling the droplets by a carrier gas so as to form solid particles; separating the solid particles from the carrier gas and collecting the solid particles so as to form the powder; and enriching the droplets and/or the particles by means of an active substance.

Abstract: A reformer tube for producing synthesis gas by steam reforming of hydrocarbon-containing input gases is proposed where an outer shell tube is divided by means of a separating tray into the reaction chamber and an exit chamber, a dumped bed of a steam-reforming-active, solid catalyst is arranged in the reaction chamber, at least one heat exchanger tube is arranged inside the reaction chamber and inside the dumped catalyst bed whose entry end is in fluid connection with the catalyst bed and whose exit end is in fluid connection with the exit chamber, wherein gas-contacted parts of the reformer tube, in particular the at least one heat exchanger tube, are fabricated from a nickel-based alloy and coated on their inside with an aluminum diffusion layer.

Abstract: A process for the deposition of a coating on at least a part of a metallic substrate, a) mixing a liquid and a powder having particles of a metallic material to be deposited and particles of a pickling agent, so as to prepare a suspension, b) application of the suspension prepared in step a) to at least a part of the surfaces of the metallic substrate, so as to obtain a substrate-suspension assembly, c) carrying out a heat treatment of the assembly which includes heating at a first temperature of at least 500° C. and heating at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, and d) recovery of a substrate coated, at least in part, with a coating, the pickling agent being a halogenated compound and the suspension having from 10% to 60% of the pickling agent, with respect to the total weight of the powder.

Abstract: A reformer tube for producing synthesis gas by steam reforming of hydrocarbon-containing input gases is proposed where an outer shell tube is divided by means of a separating tray into the reaction chamber and an exit chamber, a dumped bed of a steam-reforming-active, solid catalyst is arranged in the reaction chamber, at least one heat exchanger tube is arranged inside the reaction chamber and inside the dumped catalyst bed whose entry end is in fluid connection with the catalyst bed and whose exit end is in fluid connection with the exit chamber, wherein gas-contacted parts of the reformer tube, in particular the at least one heat exchanger tube, are fabricated from a nickel-based alloy and coated on their inside with an aluminum diffusion layer.

Abstract: Process for depositing a corrosion-protection coating on at least one portion of the surfaces of a metallic substrate having at least one cavity with an equivalent diameter emm<2 mm and a length/width ratio of greater than 150, using an aqueous suspension comprising powder of the metal to be deposited on the substrate combined with an agent for protecting the surface of the metal powder, a diluent, and at least one additive, the particles of the suspension each having an equivalent diameter d such that d?emm/10.

Abstract: Process for depositing a corrosion-protection coating on at least one portion of the surfaces of a metallic substrate having at least one cavity with an equivalent diameter emm<2 mm and a length/width ratio of greater than 150, using an aqueous suspension comprising powder of the metal to be deposited on the substrate combined with an agent for protecting the surface of the metal powder, a diluent, and at least one additive, the particles of the suspension each having an equivalent diameter d such that d?emm/10.