Abstract No.:
1367

 Scheduled at:
Monday, June 02, 2008, Room 04 2:40 PM
Wear Protection 2
Special processes for coatings against wear, improved surface roughness of as sprayed coatings, improved sliding behavior


 Title:
Comparative analysis of tribological properties of cermet detonation sprayed coatings

 Authors:
Igor Smurov* / Ecole Nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne (ENISE), France
Vladimir Ulianitsky / Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Russia
Ă€leksey Shtertser/ Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Russia
Sergey Zlobin/ Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Russia

 Abstract:
Properties of detonation coatings from composite powders based on carbides are studied. The main focus is on tungsten carbide. Powders with carbide inclusions of different size ranging from a ten of microns down to the submicron level are analysed. Composites with cobalt binder content from 12 to 30 % and composite binders with chromium and nickel additions are investigated. A comparative analysis between composites with chrome carbide and the complex titan-chrome carbide produced by self-propagating high?temperature synthesis is done.
Powders are sprayed with a new generation detonation gun ?Dragon? designed at Larentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS. The apparatus is characterized by a high-precision gas supply system and a dosed localized powder feeding system. Computer control provides a flexible programmed readjustment of the detonation gases energy impact on powder particles thus allowing selecting the optimal for each material spraying parameters to form high-quality cermet composite coatings.
Physical properties and functional performance of the obtained coatings are studied. Microstructure and microhardness analyses, adhesion/cohesion, abrasion, erosion and friction wear tests of the coatings are performed. It is found that the studied materials do not exhibit overwhelming advantages in performance compared with one another. Fore example, though composites with a great content of binder has a relatively low wear resistance, they exhibits the highest adhesion to the substrate while composites with titan-chrome carbide compared to tungsten carbide-based composites have higher dry friction and lower lubricated friction.


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