In Situ Production of Hard Metal Matrix Composite Coating on Engineered Surfaces Using Laser Cladding Technique
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- 作者：Mohammad Shahid Raza ; Manowar Hussain…
- 关键词：cladding ; fiber laser ; microhardness ; microstructure ; power density ; wear rate
- 刊名：Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：26
- 期：1
- 页码：76-83
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- 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
- 刊物主题：Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Engineering Design;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1544-1024
- 卷排序：26
文摘
The growing need for high wear-resistant surface with enhanced physical properties has led to extensive researches in the field of surface engineering. Laser cladding emerged to be a promising method to achieve these objectives in a cost-effective way. The present paper studies the viability of cladding of tungsten disulfide (WS2) powder by using 400 W continuous-wave fiber laser. WS2 was used as a coating material, which was decomposed at higher temperature and underwent several chemical reactions. By this process, in situ formation of metal matrix composites and hard face coating on the substrate surface were attained. The characterization of laser cladded surface was done to study its morphological, microstructural, mechanical and tribological properties. It was observed that cladding of WS2 powder on 304 SS resulted in the formation of Cr-W-C-Fe metal matrix composite having improved mechanical and tribological properties. The value of microhardness of the coated surface was found to increase three to four times in comparison with the parent material surface. Wear test results indicated a decrease in wear by 1/9th (maximum) as compared to the parent 304 SS surface. The volume fractions of tungsten particles on the cladded surface were also investigated through EDS analysis.