Flame Spray Industries, Inc.
We are a thermal spray company, that invented the plasma transferredwire arc thermal spraying process. We received the 2009 IPO National Inventor of the Year award for this process. Flame-Spray and Ford Motor Company developed a production ready version of this technology which improves fuel efficiency because of the reduced weight in automobiles.
- 50 years in the thermal spray industry developing coating technologies (FSI Founded in
1964) - Designed and developed innovative coating equipment and new coating applications
- FSI has been working with Automotive OEMs for more than 20 years on the
development of bore coating technology for aluminum cylinder blocks and repair of cast
Iron blocks - FSI specializes in the invention and development of new technologies
For Over 40 Years
For over 40 years, Flame-Spray Industries has been developing and implementing advanced thermal spray technologies for a wide variety of industries including research and development, automotive manufacturing and heavy equipment engine remanufacturing.
Flame-Spray Industries Receives National Inventor of the Year Award
The Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation’s 36-year-old National Inventor of the Year Award program recognizes individuals that epitomize American traditions of technological leadership, and increases public awareness of current inventors and how they benefit the nation’s economy and quality of life.
The 2009 Inventor of the Year award goes to Ford and Flame-Spray Industries for the collaborative development of the spray apparatus for use with Ford’s patented production-ready Plasma Transferred Wire Arc (PTWA) thermal spray coating process for aluminum engine blocks.
This accomplishment puts Ford and Flame-Spray Industries in elite company with medical and pharmaceutical powerhouses as well as agricultural and chemical standouts, among others. Past Inventors of the Year, for example, include Dr. Raymond Damadian of Fonar Corporation for the development of Upright MRI technology and Dr. Ihor Lys of Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions for his development of a more efficient LED lighting system.
The team of inventors being honored at the National Inventor of the Year Award ceremony in Washington, D.C., on May 28 is Ford retiree James Baughman and Dr. David Cook, Keith Kowalsky and Daniel Marantz of supplier Flame-Spray Industries. Cook was a member of the Ford team when the spray device initially was developed.
We Make Engines Lighter, Faster and More Durable
Thermal spray is a process of depositing molten, semi-molten, or solid particles onto a substrate to form a functional coating or a freestanding part. The particles travel at high velocity, causing them to flatten on impact with the substrate. These flattened particles, known as “splats,” build up to form the final coating or part. Thermal spray coatings are used in a number of industries because they offer benefits including corrosion resistance, increased conductivity, wear reduction, repair of damaged surfaces, thermal insulation, electrical insulation and biological functions such as bio-activity.
