Influence of Diameter of Electrode Powder-like Wires is on Mechanical Descriptions of Elektrodugovikh Coverages

Abstract

The influence of the diameter of the electrode flux-cored wires on the mechanical characteristics of the electric arc coatings is carried out in the work. Electric arc coatings were obtained on the original equipment, developed and manufactured at the Institute of Physics and Mechanics. GV Karpenko NAS of Ukraine. For spraying, model flux-cored wires of basic doping systems Fe – Cr – C and Fe – Cr – B with a diameter of 1.6 and 2.4 mm were used. The influence of the diameter of flux - cored wires on the structure, electric arc coatings from model flux - cored wires of different diameters is investigated. The dependence of porosity, microhardness, adhesion to the steel base, abrasive wear resistance of electric arc coatings sprayed from flux-cored wires with different amounts of charge on the thickness of the lamellae in the coating structure has been established. The influence of the thickness of the lamellae in the structure of coatings sprayed from flux-cored wires with different amounts of charge (depending on their diameter 1.6 and 2.4 mm) on their abrasive wear resistance was determined. It was found that the thickness of the lamellae in the coatings of all analyzed alloying systems increased with increasing volume of molten metal at the ends of flux-cored wires with the corresponding formation of droplets of larger diameter during its dispersion by air jet. shell charge and high arc current. It is shown that the amount of oxide phase in the structure of coatings doubles with increasing spray distance of flux-cored wires from 80 to 120 mm. More oxide phase (40… 100%) was found in coatings formed of flux-cored wires with a diameter of 2.4 mm with a higher filling factor of its shell charge compared to coatings formed of flux-cored wires with a diameter of 1.6 mm with lower filling. This is due to the larger volume of the charge in the powder wires of larger diameter, the cavities between the powders in which are filled with air, which intensively oxidizes the melt droplets inside the powder wires and at their ends during spraying. It is established that the porosity and microhardness of coatings from the developed flux-cored wires increase with the increase of the thickness of the lamellae in their structure and, accordingly, the diameter of the flux-cored wires. The increase in micro hardness is due to less evaporation and burnout of alloying elements from the droplets forming the coating, and the increase in porosity is caused by intensive spraying of droplets when hitting the sprayed surface, which contributes to micro cavities between the lamellae of the coating. It was found that with increasing the thickness of the lamellae in the structure of coatings of flux-cored wires 250H21VFGS and flux-cored wires 50HN2R5GS their adhesion to the steel base decreased slightly due to the occurrence of tensile stresses in coatings, which cause micro cracks or cracks. At the same time, the adhesion of 50X6MG2C flux-cored wire coatings to steel increased due to the higher carbon content of large lamellae and favorable conditions for the formation of high-carbon martensite, which has the lowest coefficient of thermal expansion and causes the lowest residual tensile stresses. It was found that the abrasive and gas-abrasive wear resistance of coatings from flux-cored wires 250Х21ВФГС decreased, and from flux-cored wires 50ХН2Р5ГС increased due to the increase in the thickness of the lamellae in their structure using a larger diameter.