AWS C2.18 : 1993

Foreword
List of Tables
List of QC Check Points
List of Figures
Acronyms and Conversion Factors Used in this Publication
1. General
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Definitions
2. Safety
    2.1 General
    2.2 Thermal Spray Powder
3. Job and Contract Description
    3.1 General
    3.2 Thermal Spray Boundary (TSB)
    3.3 Job Control Record (JCR)
    3.4 Selection of TSC
    3.5 TSC Inspector
    3.6 TSC Operator Qualification
4. Background and Requirements
    4.1 Background
    4.2 Requirements
5. Materials
    5.1 Thermal Spray Wire and Powder
    5.2 Abrasive Blasting Media
    5.3 Sealer and Intermediate Topcoat
    5.4 Profile Tape for Anchor-Tooth Depth Measurement
    5.5 Bend and Companion Coupons
    5.6 Tensile-Bond Test Specimens
    5.7 Gases
6. Equipment for Thermal Spraying
    6.1 Thermal Spray Guns
    6.2 Air Compressors
    6.3 Air Dryers
7. Quality Control Equipment
    7.1 Surface Preparation
    7.2 TSC Application
8. Application-Process Method
    8.1 Surface Preparation
    8.2 New Steel Substrate
    8.3 Contaminated Steel Substrate
    8.4 Post-Blasting Substrate Condition and Thermal
         Spraying Period
    8.5 Thermal Spraying
    8.6 Sealing
    8.7 Intermediate and Top Coats
9. Maintenance and Repair (M&R) of Thermal Spray Coatings
    9.1 Solvent Clean
    9.2 Scrape Off Loosely Adherent Paint/TSCs
    9.3 Cleaning, Manual and Blast
    9.4 Feather
    9.5 Light Abrasion
    9.6 Apply TSC
    9.7 Seal and Topcoat
10. Records
11. Debris Containment and Control
12. Utility Services
13. Work Procedures and Safety
14. Warranty
    14.1 Thermal Spray Coating Contractor's Warranty
    14.2 Thermal Spray Coating Materials
Annex A - Sample Job Control Record (JCR) for Thermal
          Spray Coatings (TSC)
Annex B - Recommendations for the Selection of Thermal
          Spray Coatings of Aluminum and Zinc and
          Their Alloys and Composites for the Protection
          of Steel in Various Environments and Service
Annex C - Thermal Spray Operator Qualification and Certification
Annex D - Sample Thermal Spray Operator Qualification Form
Thermal Spray Specifications and Related Documents

Defines an industrial process for the application of thermal spray coatings (TSC) on steel. Also covers safety, job/contract description, background and requirements, selection of TSCs, TSC operator qualification, materials and equipment, application-process method with quality-control check points, Job Control Record, maintenance and repair of TSCs, records, debris containment and control, and warranty.