Editor's Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on thermal spray processing. The first part, which covered processing, appeared in the August 1995 issue of JOMbeginning on page 32.Over the last 50 years, thermal spraying has evolved and is now capable of depositing free-standing materials onto mandrels at thicknesses exceeding 100 mm. Advances in processing (including high-velocity oxy-fuel, inert/chamber plasma spray, and improved powder compositions and morphologies) have combined to enable the successful implementation of thermal-spray forming for both monolithic and composite materials. This article, the second in a series on thermalspray processes, describes some of the recent advances in the application of thermal-spray forming.