US Patent Issued to Allium Engineering on July 1 for "Integrated high throughput cold spray coating manufacturing system" (North Carolina, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,937, issued on July 1, was assigned to Allium Engineering Inc. (North Billerica, Mass.).

"Integrated high throughput cold spray coating manufacturing system" was invented by Samuel McAlpine (Durham, N.C.) and Steven Jepeal (Salem, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a coating applied to steel reinforcement bar (e.g., steel rebar) that could considerably extend the lifetime of concrete structures by reducing steel rebar corrosion is disclosed. The coating includes a thin, passivating steel (e.g., stainless steel) layer that is applied to the outside of conventional steel rebar. The coating can be applied in-line t...