The article compares the properties of multilayer composite wear-resistant coatings of Zr–ZrN–(Zr, Mo, Al)N, Ti–TiN–(Ti, Mo, Al)N, and Cr–CrN–(Cr, Mo, Al)N. The investigation was focused on hardness, resistance to fracture during scratch tests, elemental composition, and structure of the coatings. Experiments were carried out to study the wear resistance of coated carbide tools during the turning of 1045 steel and of NiCr20TiAl heat-resistant nickel alloy. With the elemental compositions identical in the content of molybdenum (Mo) and aluminium (Al), identical thicknesses and nanolayer periods of λ, the coatings being studied demonstrated a noticeable difference in wear resistance. Both during the turning of steel and nickel-based alloy, the highest wear resistance was detected for tools with the Zr–ZrN–(Zr, Mo, Al)N coating (the tool life was 3–5 times higher than for uncoated tools). The good wear resistance of the Zr–ZrN–(Zr, Mo, Al)N coating may be related to the optimal combination of hardness and plasticity and the active formation of molybdenum oxide (MoO3) on the coating surface during the cutting, with good tribological and protective properties.
This review analyzes the problems caused by heavy wear of loaded friction elements of structures, which is typical of almost all industries. This implies the importance of solving problems of increasing their durability.
Of particular relevance is the need to solve the problem of improving wear resistance of contact surfaces of special-purpose shut-off valves, being an irreplaceable component of technical equipment used in the oil and gas industry as well as processing industries, nuclear energy, and medicine. It is shown that the effectiveness of solving problems of increasing durability of equipment is largely associated with additional standard processing of loaded friction elements of such structures, and with the improvement of technologies for increasing wear resistance and strength characteristics of their contact surfaces. The analysis of the possibilities of increasing wear resistance by mechanical methods of surface treatment, as well as by methods of surface modification through various functional coatings has been made.
It is substantiated that the vacuum-arc method of ion-plasma spraying of a multilayer nanocomposite coating is the most promising way of creating a functional coating to increase the wear resistance of valves. Widespread industrial introduction of the method of beam surface modification of materials makes it possible to obtain such structural-phase states of materials, which are not possible with traditional methods.
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