There are presented the results of researches conducted on the steel cast with surface alloy layer in this work. The measurement of the thickness, hardness and abrasion wear resistance was conducted in accordance with norm ASTM G 65-00. The measurement of the corrosion resistance was conducted in accordance with the potentio -dynamical method. It is shown that it is possible to obtain the alloy surface layer of different thickness by control of some factors: pouring temperature T zal , diameter of grain of FeCrC alloy Z w and the thickness of the cast wall g śo . It is proved that the smaller diameter of ferrochromium grain, the thicker surface alloy layer. It is also said that the higher pouring temperature and thicker the cast wall, the thicker surface alloy layer. What is more -the smaller thickness of the cast wall, the bigger hardness and abrasion wear resistance.Keywords: composite layer, ferrochromium, cast, abrasion wear resistance, corrosion resistance W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań odlewu staliwnego z powierzchniową warstwą stopową. Badania obejmowały pomiar grubości, twardości, odporności na zużycie ścierne wykonane zgodnie z normą ASTM G 65-00 oraz odporności na korozję metodą potencjo-dynamiczną. W wyniku przeprowadzonych badań stwierdzono, że sterując w zadanym zakresie zmiennymi czynnikami procesu takimi jak temperatura zalewania staliwa T zal , średnica Z w ziarna stopu Fe-Cr-C i grubość ścianki odlewu g śo można uzyskać powierzchniową warstwę stopową o różnej grubości. Wyniki badań dowiodły również, że stosowanie na wkładkę stopową żelazochromu o mniejszej średnicy ziarna powoduje powstanie powierzchniowej warstwy stopowej o większej grubości, podobnie jak przy wzroście temperatury zalewania i grubości ścianki odlewu. Ponadto stwierdzono, że im mniejsza grubość ścianki odlewu tym uzyskuje się większą twardość warstwy i odporność na zużycie ścierne.

Assessment of the Low Alloy Cast Steel Inoculation Effects with Chosen Additives Structure, and thus the mechanical properties of steel are primarily a function of chemical composition and the solidification process which can be influenced by the application of the inoculation treatment. This effect depends on the modifier used. The article presents the results of studies designed to assess the effects of structural low alloy steel inoculation by selected modifying additives. The study was performed on nine casts modeled with different inoculants, assessment of the procedure impact was based on the macrostructure of made castings. The ratio of surface area equivalent to the axial zone of the crystals and columnar crystals zone was adopted as a measure of the inoculation effect.

The paper presents the results of simulation of alloy layer formation process on the model casting. The first aim of this study was to determine the influence of the location of the heat center on alloy layer’s thickness with the use of computer simulation. The second aim of this study was to predict the thickness of the layer. For changes of technological parameters, the distribution of temperature in the model casting and temperature changes in the characteristic points of the casting were found for established changes of technological parameters. Numerical calculations were performed using programs NovaFlow&Solid. The process of obtaining the alloy layer with good quality and proper thickness depends on: pouring temperature, time of premould hold at the temperature above 1300°C. The obtained results of simulation were loaded to authorial program Preforma 1.1 in order to determine the predicted thickness of the alloy casting.

The most important feature of bells is their sound. Its clarity and beauty depend, first of all, on the bell's geometry -particularly the shape of its profile, but also on the quality of alloy used to its cast. Hence, if the melting and pouring parameters could influence the alloy's properties, what influence they would have on the frequencies of bell's tone. In the article authors present their own approaches to find answers on that and more questions.

In the submitted article are presented the results of researches on the steel cast with surface alloy layer in this article. The simulation of the disintegration of the elements in the place where two materials were in contact was done in order to observe the effects between them. The temperature, the thickness of the layer, micro hardness and the structure were thoroughly examined. The researches were conducted to examine the zone without carbon forming in the joint of two materials. The influence of pouring temperature, the thickness of the cast wall and the size of pad grain on the zone without carbon forming process were also examined. It was also proposed to base the process of the zone out of carbon forming on the work of chromium carbides forming process.