Author Affiliations
1College of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, Shandong, China2Shandong Longji Machinery Co., Ltd., Longkou265700, Shandong, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Laser cladding equipment and processing principle. (a) Principle diagram of processing; (b) laser; (c) cladding molding route
Fig. 2. XRD patterns of alloy coatings under different Ni mass fractions
Fig. 3. SEM images of coatings under different Ni mass fractions. (a) 20%; (b) 25%; (c) 30%; (d) 35%
Fig. 4. EDS images of coating when Ni mass fraction is 30%. (a1)-(a8) EDS images near WC; (b1)-(b8) EDS images in middle of coating
Fig. 5. Microhardness of coating cross section and SEM images of bonding surface. (a) Microhardness; (b) SEM image of bonding surface; (c) partial enlarged view of Fig. 5(b)
Fig. 6. Friction coefficients of substrate and coating under different temperatures. (a) Friction coefficient curves; (b) average friction coefficient
Fig. 7. Wear volumes of matrix and coating. (a) Wear volumes of substrate and coating under different Ni mass fractions; (b) wear volumes of substrate and coating when Ni mass fraction is 30% at different temperatures
Fig. 8. Wear depths of substrate and alloy coatings under different Ni mass fractions. (a) Substrate; (b) 20%; (c) 25%; (d) 30%
Fig. 9. Abrasion morphologies of substrate and cladding coating at different temperatures. (a) Substrate, normal temperature; (b) substrate, 100 ℃; (c) coating, normal temperature; (d) coating, 100 ℃
Fig. 10. Schematics of wear mechanism. (a) Early wear; (b) abrasive wear; (c) adhesive wear; (d) oxidative wear
Fig. 11. Electrochemical polarization curves of substrate and alloy coating
Material | Mass fraction /% |
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Si | Mg | Cu | Mn | Zn | Al |
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Substrate | 11.0-13.0 | 0.4-1.0 | 1.0-2.0 | 0.3-0.9 | <0.2 | Bal. |
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Table 1. Chemical element compositions of ZL108 aluminum alloy matrix
Scheme No. | Mass fraction /% |
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Si | WC | Cu | Cr | Ni | Al |
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1 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 20 | Bal. | 2 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 25 | Bal. | 3 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 30 | Bal. | 4 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 35 | Bal. |
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Table 2. Chemical element compositions of cladding alloy powder
Parameter | Value |
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Laser power /W | 1400 | Sweep speed /(mm·min-1) | 300 | Powder feed rate /(L·min-1) | 0.3 | Gas flow rate /(L·min-1) | 8 | Spot diameter /mm | 2 | Overlap rate /% | 30 |
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Table 3. Process parameters of laser cladding experiment
Material | Icorr /(mA·cm-2) | Ecorr /V |
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Substrate | -0.514×10-5 | -1.367 | 20%Ni coating | -0.521×10-5 | -1.314 | 25%Ni coating | -0.934×10-5 | -1.276 | 30%Ni coating | -1.512×10-5 | -1.197 | 35%Ni coating | -1.986×10-5 | -0.984 |
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Table 4. Electrochemical calculation results of substrate and coating