Abstract:
Three kinds of composite coatings(SiC-reinfoned 316L composite coating, WC-reinfoned 316L composite coating, FeCr alloy coating) were prepared by laser cladding technology, and the microstructure and phase composition of the coatings were analyzed by using OM, SEM and XRD. The microhardness and friction and wear properties were determined by using microhardness tester and friction and wear tester. The results show that the SiC-reinfoned 316L composite coating is mainly composed of SiC and γ-Fe phases; the WC reinfoned 316L composite coating is mainly composed of WC and γ-Fe phases; and the FeCr coating is composed of Fe-Cr phases. With the increase of scanning speed, the cooling speed of the molten pool is accelerated, the atomic diffusion time in the crystallization process is shortened, and a finer and more uniform grain structure is formed, which improves the hardness and abrasion resistance of the coating and reduces the coefficient of friction. Intuitively, the average microhardness of the coating cross-section is increased, the coating grain is obviously refined,the coefficient of friction is reduced, and the abrasion resistance is improved. For the three coatings, the average hardness of 3 mm/s SiC-reinfoned 316L composite coating, WC reinfoned 316L composite coating, FeCr coating is 320 HV0.2, 308HV0.2, 270 HV0.2, respectively, and the average hardness of 5 mm/s SiC-reinfoned 316L composite coating, WC-reinfoned 316L composite coating, FeCr coating is 380HV0.2, 370 HV0.2, 305 HV0.2. The size of the coefficient of friction of each coating is in the following order: 45 steel matrix(0.8)>WC-3(0.59)>SiC-3(0.45)>WC-5(0.42)>SiC-5(0.4).Among the three coatings, the SiC-reinforced 316L composite coating prepared at a scanning speed of 5 mm/s has the largest average microhardness of 380 HV0.2, which is about 2.7 times than that of the substrate, and the coefficient of friction is 0.4,which is about half of that of the substrate, and it exhibits a better wear-resistant performance, and the wear mechanism of the coating is abrasive wear.