The purpose of this study was to achieve a low-porosity HVOF (High velocity Oxygen Fuel) spray cover and to determine the effect of spray parameters on the porosity of the coating. The spray parameters studied include: Powder feed rate (A); Spray distance (B); Oxygen/Propane ratio to porosity of WC-12Co coating on 16Mn steel. Taguchi method and ANOVA (Analysis of variance) technique were used to optimize and analyze the effect of spray parameters. The results showed that the optimum spray parameters with A = 26 g/min, B = 0.2m, C = 5 for porosity smallest. Factor A has the greatest influence on porosity, followed by B and C. The experimental result is then compared to optimal results and the error is only 4.2 %. Hence, one can say that the optimal results are reliable and Taguchi method - ANOVA technique proved to be an effective solution to the optimization problem. Parameters for a WC-12Co coating with improved porosity on 16Mn steel substrate have been identified.
Porosity, hardness, and adhesion mainly affect the performance of thermal spray coating and significantly depend on spray parameters. Therefore, determining value of the spray parameters and their effects on the coating properties are always taken into consideration. This paper studies optimization as well as evaluates influences of HVOF spray parameters which include powder feed rate (M), rotational speed of the details per minute (N) and step movement of the nozzle per revolution (S) to the adhesion, porosity, micro-hardness of Cr3C2 - 20(80Ni20Cr) coating on 40Cr steel shaft substrate. Taguchi experimental design L9 combined with analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine optimum spray parameters and percentage of effect of each spray parameter on properties of the coating. From obtained results, the optimal spray parameters are m = 35 g.min-1, n = 130 rpm, S = 6 mm for the highest hardness coating of 658.2 HV; with m = 45g.min-1, n = 130rpm, S = 3 mm for the smallest porosity of 1.27%; with m = 35g.min-1, n = 130 rpm, S = 3 mm for the coating with a maximum adhesion of 44.07 MPa. The percent effects of the parameters m, n, S to adhesion, porosity and hardness were (2.8%, 33.6%, 63.6%), (0.1%, 1.3%, 98.6%), (32.7%, 43.3%, 24%), respectively. The percent effects of spray parameters on corresponding coating property allows adjustment of spray parameters to obtain the desired coating. Verified experiment results shows that the results are reliable. Taguchi method and ANOVA can find optimal parameters of the HVOF spray to acquire high-performance coating.
Nowadays, thermal spray coatings are used to enhance mechanical properties of the material. One of the technologies used to produce thermal spray coating is HVOF spray technology. This is the most advanced and modern technology which has been widely used in the industry due to its flexibility and ability to create coatings with better adhesion in comparison with other thermal spray methods. This article presents some empirical findings from applying the 67Ni18Cr5Si4B alloy powder coating onto C 45 steel shaft by HVOF spray technology. It also analyzes the influence of some technological parameters on the adhesion of the coating. As a result, the parameters of HVOF spray technology are obtained suitable for recovering worn axis-sized workpieces.
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