A METHOD FOR UTILISING THERMAL SPRAYING IN THE PRODUCTION OF STRUCTURES CONTAINING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

摘要

According to the invention, thermal spraying can be used to integrate electric, pneumatic or hydraulic structures into existing mechanical structures. The producing of the structure being integrated begins by thermally spraying either conductive or dielectric material onto the surface of the structure which is the object of the integration process. If the base material is dielectric, conductor structures can be thermally sprayed on top of the base material. If the base material is at least partly conductive, a layer of an insulating ceramic substance is first thermally sprayed on top of it. A metallic, conductive substance is sprayed through a mask on top of the insulating ceramic layer. This results in a conductor pattern according to the aperture of the mask being duplicated onto the base material. The conductor pattern thus formed can be covered with a mechanically, chemically, and/or electrically protective substance. If needed, the surface of the protective layer can be further processed to the desired surface coarseness.