The tribological properties of ferrous based coatings formed using different technological methods

Abstract

W artykule przedstawiono wpływ powłok na bazie żelaza o różnym składzie chemicznym, nanoszonych różnymi metodami technologicznymi oraz warunków tarcia na właściwości tribologiczne pary trącej, tj. współczynnik tarcia i intensywność zużycia elementów węzła tarcia. Materiałem, na który nakładano powłokę, była stal C45, grubość powłok znajdowała się w zakresie 0,5-0,7 mm.Plasma-sprayed coatings on the base self-fluxing alloys were investigated. Clean ferrous-based alloy P-Cr16Fe5B4Si4 was used as well as the same with the addition of TaB, MoB, and B4C powders. Fire and laser washing were used to form coatings. The thickness measurements of coatings after processing were from 0.5–0.7 mm, on the base material of steel C45. The metallographic analysis indicated that coating structure depends on the chemical composition of the powder as well as the coating technology. When using an Amsler friction-wear machine, it was determined that when dry technical friction increasingly spreads of torque of friction are observed after some minutes of work, and when oil friction torque are very stable. Additional MoB laser alloying of the coating on a base of P-Cr4Mn2B4Si2V1 powder guarantees a minimal value of the mean friction coefficient. However, the minimal value of the momentary friction coefficient was registered for the coating with additional B4C laser alloying. During dry technical friction, using a coating on a base of P-Cr4Mn2B4Si2V1 powder with additional MoB or B4C laser alloying guarantees a multiple decrease in wear intensity. The presence of oil decreases the influence of material and technology of coating on wear intensity, the difference of values is no more then 20%