Technology support for the supply of an element of the coating material during cladding with a flexible tool

Abstract

The article considers the issue of improving the quality of machining of engineering products when using the method of deformation cladding with a flexible (wire) tool (wire brush). The essence of this method is to combine the processes of plastic deformation from impacts of wire brush with coating for various functional purposes. The design of the feed device has been developed, which allows controlling the necessary clamping force of the coating material element (MCE) to the wire tool. The control of clamping force provides temperature stabilization in the contact between the MCE and the tool and allows to increase the uniformity of coating formation on the workpiece. The coating material is set with eccentricity relative to the axes of the brush, which makes it rotate about its axis during operation, ensuring its uniform wear. This feed device is easily dismantled, which provides a quick replacement of the MCE.