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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY                                                                INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
 HARD ALLOY COATING TECHNOLOGY       At this stage, the following processes take place:

            ● recrystallization of tungsten carbide through the liquid phase;
            ●  splicing  of  neighboring  grains  due  to  the  predominant  growth  of  one  grain  at  the
 The  article  discusses  the  production  of  wear-resistant  composite   expense of others;
 coatings  using  electrocontact  sintering  of  powders.  It  is  shown
 that  electric  contact  sintering  provides  for  electric  heating  of  a   steel
 metal powder, poured between the part and the electrode, due to
 the  thermal  energy  released  by  the  electric  current  at  the  active
    A significant increase in the performance of many types   resistance.
 of products is achieved by applying coatings on their surfaces
 based  on  a  compound  of  tungsten  and  titanium.  The  use  of
 such coatings allows not only to increase the wear resistance
 of  products and  tools several times,  but also to design
 fundamentally new types of tools and friction units.
    Unlike  other  types  and  methods  of  applying coatings,
 electrocontact  sintering  allows forming  a  working layer  with a  thickness  of  0.5  ...  2.5  mm
 directly in the process. Thus, the resulting coating is no longer an integral part of the surface
 of the product, which improves its properties, but works as an independent body, taking on the
 entire load.
    Obtaining wear-resistant  composite coatings by electrocontact  sintering of  powders is   coating  substrate
 most competitive on tools, on the working
 surfaces of which it is practically impossible
 for technical reasons to solder cutting hard-  Fig. 2. Changing the values of microhardness "coating - substrate
 alloy plates using known technologies.
    These  products include complex-
 profile tools, complex-profile working bodies      ●  development  of  contacts  between
 of various crushers and the entire series of   grains  with  a  tendency  to  form  dihedral
 disc cutting tools. However, it is necessary   angles characteristic of a given system;
 to  fulfill  a  number  of  requirements,  which      ●  adhesion  (adhesion)  of  grains  that
 are as follows:  had contacts and received, in the process of
    ● ensure the hardness of the coating   regrouping during compaction, an orientation
 is at   least 82 ... 85 HRC,  that satisfies the requirement of a dihedral
    angle.
 unit   control     ●  ensure  reliable  adhesion  of  the      The  formation  of  coatings  is carried
 powder coating to the substrate surface,
    ● The size of the applied coating must   out in several stages.  Initially, electrical
 satisfy  the  conditions  of  maximum  wear   contact local heating of the sample surface
 resistance for the given operation.  is performed.  In  the  process  of  feeding
 Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of a coating installation with      In  our  case,  a  technology  has  been   the  powder,  the  tungsten  carbide  binder  is
 electrocontact method  developed  for  applying  a  wear-resistant   partially melted into the product. At this stage, an adhesive layer is partially formed, which
 composite  coating  on  an  installation   determines further, the strength of adhesion of the coating to the surface of the part or tool.
 mounted based on a lathe, and it is shown in Fig. 1.  Peel strength at a current of 2 kA is 30 ... 112 MPa in the direction perpendicular to the coating
    Deep regulation of the power required to reach temperatures of the order of 1500-2000   surface. Further build-up of the layer is carried out according to the "coating - coating" scheme
 °C is provided by thyristor voltage control on the primary winding of the power transformer.   and already depends on the thermophysical properties of the coating material. Studies show
 Experimental data show that the depth of the transitional diffusion layer reaches 0.1 ... 0.15   that even with significant currents /2...5 kA / the process of building up the coating is practically
 mm, which indicates good adhesion of the coating to the substrate. The results are shown in   stops when the thickness reaches 2.0 ... 2.5 mm.
 Fig. 2.     Powder baking is carried out in the following modes:
    The  developed  technology  refers  to  low-waste  and  resource-saving ones.  It  becomes      ● voltage 3.0 ... 5.0 V;
 possible, without the  use  of  complex  molds, to make  hard-alloy heat-resistant  coatings on      ● pressure 40 ... 60 MPa;
 complex-profile tools and working bodies of crushing plants.     ● current strength 1.5 ... 2.0 kA depending on the composition of the powder;
    Using this technology, a coating was carried out on the working bodies of crushers for      ● layer porosity 8 ... 12 %;
 crushing  rocks  and  agricultural  products.  The  test  results  were  compared  with the  working      ● hardness HRC 80 ... 85.
 bodies made of hardened steels of the ShKh15, 65G type. Tests show that crusher life is 10 to      Recommended powder materials:
 12 times longer than traditional hardened steel materials.     ● hardfacing alloys, in particular stellites (based on tungsten carbide and cobalt), renites
    Coatings  applied to  circular  cutting tools designed  for  cutting rocks,  such  as  granite,   (based on an alloy of tungsten and carbon of eutectic composition), sormites (based on iron -
 marble and others, almost completely replace diamond tools, however, the cost of coated tools   chromium - manganese - nickel - titanium and other metals, metal carbides and nitrides);
 is 3-4 times lower than diamond ones.     ●  powder  mixtures,  in  particular  wokars  (mixture  of  tungsten  and  carbon  of  different
    In technologies of electrocontact sintering of tool carbide powders, compositions based on   ratios), boride mixtures;
 tungsten carbide and cobalt are mainly used. When an electric current is applied in the sintering      ●  crushed  powders  of  U40Kh28NS2VM  alloys  (based  on  high-alloy  steels  containing
 stage following the powder compaction, the final formation of the alloy structure occurs.

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