Surface Properties of High-Strength Cast-Iron Parts with Wear-Resistant Composite Coatings Synthesized by Electrospark Alloying Method. Pt. 1. Specific Aspects of Mass Transfer; Geometric, Topographic, and Mechanical Charcteristic Features of Strengthened Surfaces
V. B. Tarelnyk$^{1}$, O. P. Haponova$^{2,3}$, N. V. Tarelnyk$^{1}$, M. Yu. Dumanchuk$^{1}$, M. M. Maifat$^{1}$, V. O. Gerasimenko$^{1}$, M. O. Mikulina$^{1}$, A. D. Polyvanyi$^{1}$, V. O. Ohrimenko$^{2}$, O. V. Semernya$^{1}$, M. Yu. Vasylenko$^{1}$, V. M. Kozin$^{1}$
$^{1}$Sumy National Agrarian University, 160 Gerasima Kondratyeva St., UA-40021 Sumi, Ukraine
$^{2}$Sumy State University, 116 Kharkivska St., UA-40007 Sumi, Ukraine
$^{3}$Institute for Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 5B Adolf Pawiński St., 02-016 Warsaw, Poland
Received: 25.01.2024; final version - 27.06.2024. Download: PDF
This paper describes the results of mass-transfer specific-aspect studies during electrospark alloying (ESA) process for the samples made of the high-strength ВЧ50 (VCh50) cast iron. The ESA was carried out by the compact electrode-tools (ETs) made with the use of the powder metallurgy (PM) method and having the composition of 90% ВК6 (VK6) + 10% 1M and 1M, where 1M is of 70% Ni, 20% Cr, 5% Si, 5% B, as well as by the ETs made of ВК6 (VK6) hard alloy and Х20Н80 (Kh20N80) nichrome wire. When using those, the samples had been pre-coated with the special technological saturating media СТНС (STSM) of the compositions 0.5% Si+0.5% B+2% Cr+7% Ni+90 petroleum jelly and 5% Si + 5% B+ 90% petroleum jelly, respectively. The ESA of the samples has carried out by cyclic alloying (1 cycle = 0.5 min). The mass-transfer study has shown that the amount of the material, which is transferred from the anode (Δma) to the cathode (Δmк), increases with an increase in the ESA time, while both the roughness and the continuity of the coating do not change practically. The largest amount of the material is transferred at the beginning of the ESA process; then, the mass-transfer process is gradually decreasing, stops completely, and eventually, it may be changed by destruction of the applied layer, i.e., Δmк may become negative. With an increase in the discharge energy (Wp), the mass-transfer process increases, but the process of the applied coating layer destruction begins earlier, while the roughness of the coating increases and its continuity decreases. At Wр = 0.55 J, the ESA process, which is carried out by the ETs made by the PM method and having the composition of 90% ВК6 (VK6) + 10% 1M and with 1M of 70% Ni, 20% Cr, 5% Si, 5% B, as well as by the ETs made of ВК6 (VK6) hard alloy and Х20Н80 (Kh20N80) nichrome wire, with the special technological saturating media СТНС (STSM) of the compositions of 0.5% Si + 0.5% B + 2% Cr + 7% Ni + 90 petroleum jelly and 5% Si + 5% B + 90% petroleum jelly, respectively, for the samples made of the ВЧ50 (VCh50), and the above ESA process are accompanied by decreasing yield strength and strength limit and increasing the relative elongation (δ). The roughness of the surface layer increases, and the continuity (S) of the coating decreases. After non-abrasive ultrasonic finishing, the yield strength and strength limit increase, and δ decreases. Surface roughness decreases and S increases. As Wp increases from 0.55 to 1.3 and 3.4 J and, at using the same ETs, yield strength and strength limit decrease, and δ increases, the roughness of the coating increases, and S decreases. After the next non-abrasive ultrasonic finishing, the yield strength and strength limit increase, and δ decreases, surface roughness decreases and S increases.
Key words: electrospark alloying, electrode tool, anode, cathode, mass transfer, surface layer, coating, structure, microhardness, roughness, continuity.
URL: https://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v47/i04/0427.html
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.47.04.0427
PACS: 62.20.Qp, 68.35.Ct, 68.35.Gy, 68.55.J-, 68.55.Ln, 81.15.Pq, 81.65.Lp
Citation: V. B. Tarelnyk, O. P. Haponova, N. V. Tarelnyk, M. Yu. Dumanchuk, M. M. Maifat, V. O. Gerasimenko, M. O. Mikulina, A. D. Polyvanyi, V. O. Ohrimenko, O. V. Semernya, M. Yu. Vasylenko, and V. M. Kozin, Surface Properties of High-Strength Cast-Iron Parts with Wear-Resistant Composite Coatings Synthesized by Electrospark Alloying Method. Pt. 1. Specific Aspects of Mass Transfer; Geometric, Topographic, and Mechanical Charcteristic Features of Strengthened Surfaces, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 47, No. 4: 427-451 (2025) (in Ukrainian)