Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
2. Faculty of Materials Engineering and Technical Physics, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
Abstract
This paper focuses on Fe/TaC composite coatings produced on 145Cr6 steel by laser alloying a TaC precoat in paste form. Fe/TaC coatings were produced in two consecutive steps. The first stage was the application of a precoat in paste form made from tantalum carbide and water glass on a steel substrate. Three TaC precoat thicknesses were produced: 30 µm, 60 µm and 90 µm. In the second step, the TaC precoat was remelted on a steel substrate using a 3 kW rated diode laser beam. A constant laser beam scanning speed of 3 m/min and three laser beam powers were used: 500 W, 800 W and 1100 W. In the study, microstructure, microhardness, chemical and phase composition and wear resistance were tested. The aim of the research was to check the possibility of producing composite coatings in which the reinforcing phase will be TaC, and the role of the matrix will be played by the material from the substrate. It was found that it is possible to produce the continuous composite coatings by remelting the TaC precoat with steel substrate. As microhardness increased, so did wear resistance. The coating microhardness obtained ranged from about 750 to 850 HV0.05 depending on the parameters used.
Funder
Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces
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