MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING

Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA) coatings are widely used for the surface modification of metals due to their ability to achieve high coating thickness, low thermal stress, and high energy density. This technique is commonly applied to glass and ceramic molds, automotive valves, petrochemical vanes, lam...

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Main Authors: Abdullah Sert, Fatih Hayati Çakır, Gökçe Mehmet Ay
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Published: Eskişehir Osmangazi University 2025-08-01
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Fatih Hayati Çakır
Gökçe Mehmet Ay
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description Plasma Transferred Arc (PTA) coatings are widely used for the surface modification of metals due to their ability to achieve high coating thickness, low thermal stress, and high energy density. This technique is commonly applied to glass and ceramic molds, automotive valves, petrochemical vanes, lamination cylinders, as well as plastic extrusion molds and screws. In plastic injection machine screws, high hardness and wear resistance are essential for durability. To achieve these properties, the steels used in plastic injection screws are first hardfaced on the thread crests using the PTA coating method and then nitrided. In this study, 1.8550 and 1.8519 steels, commonly used in plastic injection screw manufacturing, were coated with two different powders: FeCrBSi with a nickel (Ni) balance, either with or without tungsten (W) addition. The tribological properties of the coated samples were evaluated through ball-on-disc wear tests. The samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and optical microscopy. The depth and width of wear tracks were measured using a profilometer. Results indicated that increasing W content leads to a higher coefficient of friction, but the best wear performance was observed with W-containing coatings. The optimal combination was found to be the 1.8550 steel substrate paired with the FeCrBSi-W coating, which demonstrated a 5% higher coefficient of friction but a 47% lower specific wear rate compared to the non-W coating.
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spelling doaj-art-cad9a0ba830b49f489a7e5c8f1585c2a2025-08-22T11:23:57ZengEskişehir Osmangazi UniversityEskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik ve Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi2630-57122025-08-013321809181810.31796/ogummf.1547071122MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDINGAbdullah Sert0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-0409Fatih Hayati Çakır1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0873-5920Gökçe Mehmet Ay2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8354-5070ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK-MİMARLIK FAKÜLTESİ, MAKİNE MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ESKİŞEHİR MESLEK YÜKSEKOKULUESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MÜHENDİSLİK-MİMARLIK FAKÜLTESİ, MAKİNE MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜPlasma Transferred Arc (PTA) coatings are widely used for the surface modification of metals due to their ability to achieve high coating thickness, low thermal stress, and high energy density. This technique is commonly applied to glass and ceramic molds, automotive valves, petrochemical vanes, lamination cylinders, as well as plastic extrusion molds and screws. In plastic injection machine screws, high hardness and wear resistance are essential for durability. To achieve these properties, the steels used in plastic injection screws are first hardfaced on the thread crests using the PTA coating method and then nitrided. In this study, 1.8550 and 1.8519 steels, commonly used in plastic injection screw manufacturing, were coated with two different powders: FeCrBSi with a nickel (Ni) balance, either with or without tungsten (W) addition. The tribological properties of the coated samples were evaluated through ball-on-disc wear tests. The samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and optical microscopy. The depth and width of wear tracks were measured using a profilometer. Results indicated that increasing W content leads to a higher coefficient of friction, but the best wear performance was observed with W-containing coatings. The optimal combination was found to be the 1.8550 steel substrate paired with the FeCrBSi-W coating, which demonstrated a 5% higher coefficient of friction but a 47% lower specific wear rate compared to the non-W coating.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4203127yüzey geliştirmeplazma transfer arkbor karbürsurface modificationplasma transferred arcboron carbide
spellingShingle Abdullah Sert
Fatih Hayati Çakır
Gökçe Mehmet Ay
MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik ve Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi
yüzey geliştirme
plazma transfer ark
bor karbür
surface modification
plasma transferred arc
boron carbide
title MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING
title_full MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING
title_fullStr MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING
title_full_unstemmed MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING
title_short MICROSTRUCTURAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF NICKEL-BASED HARDFACING COATINGS APPLIED ON NITRIDING STEELS BY PLASMA TRANSFERRED ARC WELDING
title_sort microstructural and tribological properties of nickel based hardfacing coatings applied on nitriding steels by plasma transferred arc welding
topic yüzey geliştirme
plazma transfer ark
bor karbür
surface modification
plasma transferred arc
boron carbide
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/4203127
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