Wear behaviour of Cr3C2–Ni cermet reinforced hardfacings

Regita Bendikiene; Antanas Ciuplys; Rolandas Sertvytis; Andrei Surzhenkov; Dmytro Tkachivskyi; Mart Viljus; Rainer Traksmaa; Maksim Antonov; Priit Kulu

Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Jul 2020)

Wear behaviour of Cr3C2–Ni cermet reinforced hardfacings

Regita Bendikiene,
Antanas Ciuplys,
Rolandas Sertvytis,
Andrei Surzhenkov,
Dmytro Tkachivskyi,
Mart Viljus,
Rainer Traksmaa,
Maksim Antonov,
Priit Kulu

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Regita Bendikiene: Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania; Corresponding author.
Antanas Ciuplys: Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania
Rolandas Sertvytis: Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania
Andrei Surzhenkov: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Dmytro Tkachivskyi: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Mart Viljus: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Rainer Traksmaa: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Maksim Antonov: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia
Priit Kulu: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, EE-19086 Tallinn, Estonia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 7068 – 7078

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Submerged arc welding (SAW), plasma transferred arc welding (PTAW), and tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) technologies were used to produce austenitic stainless steel (SS) and nickel alloy (Ni) matrix based hardfacings without reinforcement and reinforced by Cr3C2–Ni cermet. As a substrate material normalized structural steel S355 has been chosen. Mechanical properties of produced hardfacings were assessed in terms of hardness (HV/30) and wear resistance tests. The latter property was analysed under different wear conditions: two-body (ASTM G132) and three-body (ASTM G65) abrasive wear tests. Microstructure and phase evolution were analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), respectively. Cermet particles in all the conducted tests proved its’ selection – hardness and wear resistance of the reinforced hardfacings substantially increased. The addition of Cr3C2–Ni cermet increased the hardness twice on average in all utilized technologies leading to the higher wear resistance in further tests. Tendency of wear rate reduction is less expressed in SAW hardfacings, but in PTAW and TIG cases the strengthening effect is obvious: 8.6 and 8.1 times higher wear resistance of SS and Ni based PTAW hardfacings, respectively, and 7.5 and 4.8 times higher for TIG hardfacings. XRD analysis supported wear tests results proving the formation of the complex compounds.

Published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology

ISSN: 2238-7854 (Print); 2214-0697 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology/

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