Thermographic testing is an inspection method, which primary indicates a presence of discontinuities in a tested sample. Its application to coatings can indicate a presence of local thickness variations; however, it mostly does not bring a quantitative information about a thickness of the coatings. This contribution is focused on a quantification of the thermographic inspection, which would make possible an evaluation of coating thickness differences. A flash pulse thermographic testing was applied to thermally sprayed coatings. An importance of a precise synchronization of a flash-source and thermographic recording was determined. Different evaluation methods were analyzed and their comparison showed that a time-power transformation method is the most suitable for a quantification of the inspection results.
Superalloys with cobalt as a base material are widely used among different industry applications. Their main advantages are excellent corrosion and wear resistance. Material CoCrTaAlCSiY was chosen for this study as an unexplored representative of Co-based superalloys with a potential for good tribological behavior. This paper follows the results of previous paper called "Microstructure and Tribological Behavior of HVOF Sprayed and Laser Remelted CoCrTaAlCSiY Coatings". In this paper are also presented three states of HVOF sprayed and post laser treated coatings of CoCrTaAlCSiY (as spray state and two different laser treatments varying in specific energy of laser). Pin-on-disc test was carried out to evaluate wear behavior. XRD analysis was done to reveal phase transformations between FCC and HCP. A positive effect on wear coefficient for both laser treated CoCrTaAlCSiY coatings was proved.
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