Exposure to nanoparticles in thermal spraying - Vigilance towards the operator and the outside environment

International audience; The previous survey of the French CaRPE project has shown a lack of information and showed the interest to assess the residual exposure to these particles. This paper presents the results of various sampling operations and emission analyses of plasma spraying equipment. For this purpose, different areas have been targeted, such as at the level of the emissions channeled upstream and downstream of the filtration system, at the workstation level as well as fugitive emissions. Various measurements were carried out: real-time particle size distribution, mass concentration of total suspended dust, heavy metals, sampling characterization by EDX/ MET, etc. The metallic aero…