Effect of Particle and Carbide Grain Sizes on a HVOAF WC-Co-Cr Coating for the Future Application on Internal Surfaces: Microstructure and Wear

J Pulsford; S Kamnis; J. Murray; Mingwen Bai; T. Hussain

doi:10.1007/s11666-017-0669-8

Effect of Particle and Carbide Grain Sizes on a HVOAF WC-Co-Cr Coating for the Future Application on Internal Surfaces: Microstructure and Wear

J Pulsford, S Kamnis, J. Murray, Mingwen Bai, T. Hussain

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The use of nanoscale WC grain or finer feedstock particles is a possible method of improving the performance of WC-Co-Cr coatings. Finer powders are being pursued for the development of coating internal surfaces, as less thermal energy is required to melt the finer powder compared to coarse powders, permitting spraying at smaller standoff distances. Three WC-10Co-4Cr coatings, with two different powder particle sizes and two different carbide grain sizes, were sprayed using a high velocity oxy-air fuel (HVOAF) thermal spray system developed by Castolin Eutectic-Monitor Coatings Ltd., UK. Powder and coating microstructures were characterized using XRD and SEM. Fracture toughness and dry sliding wear performance at three loads were investigated using a ball-on-disk tribometer with a WC-Co counterbody. It was found that the finer powder produced the coating with the highest microhardness, but its fracture toughness was reduced due to increased decarburization compared to the other powders. The sprayed nanostructured powder had the lowest microhardness and fracture toughness of all materials tested. Unlubricated sliding wear testing at the lowest load showed the nanostructured coating performed best; however, at the highest load this coating showed the highest specific wear rates with the other two powders performing to a similar, better standard.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207–219
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
Volume	29
Early online date	1 Dec 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-017-0669-8
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

ball-on-disk wear
HVOF
internal spray
WC-Co-Cr

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