Effect of Rare Earth Elements on the Impact Wear Resistance of Nitrocarburizing Layers

In this paper the effect of rare earth elements on the toughness and impact wear resistance of nitrocarburiz- ing layers is studied.The experimental results show that the toughness and impact wear resistance of RE-nitrocarburizing layers are increased significantly compared with that of conventional nitrocarburizing lay- ers.The service life of hot die for manufacturing bicycle bolts increased more than 100%.The impact wear mechanism of RE-nitrocarburizing layers is investigated by SEM as well.

Effect of Rare Earths-Treated Glass Fiber on Impact Wear-Resistance of Metal-Plastic Multilayer Composites

The friction and wear properties under impact load and dry friction conditions of metal-plastic multilayer composites filled with glass fiber, treated with rare earth elements, were investigated. The worn surfaces were observed and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It shows that applying rare earth elements surface modifier to treat the glass fiber surface can enhance the interfacial adhesion between the glass fiber and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), as well as promote the interface properties of the composites. This helps to form a uniformly distributed and high adhesive transfer film on the counterface and abate the friction between the composite and the counterface. As a result, the wear of composite is greatly reduced. The composite exhibits excellent friction properties and impact wear-resistance.

Study on Formation of Gouging-pits in Mn_7Cr_2 Steel underImpact Abrasive Wear Condition

Study on formation of gouging-pits in Mn,Cr, steel under impact abrasive wear condition was conducted by following the theories of elastic crash and contact, through analysis of photoelasticity and by SEM and results show that maximum shear stress occurs at Z=0.48a, and it initiates a crack; the crack propagates at an angle of 45°from the horizontal and a gouging-pit is conical, and observations by SEM are in agreement with theoretic calculations.

Effect of RE Modification and Heat Treatment on Impact Fatigue Property of a Wear Resistant White Cast Iron

The morphology of carbides, as well as the generation and propagation of fatigue cracks in a wear resistant white cast iron after impact fatigue test were observed by means of optical microscope and SEM, and the relationship among the content of RE (rare earths) in the wear resistant white cast iron and the heating temperature as well as the length and propagation speed of the fatigue cracks were determined. Based on the obtained results, the effect of RE modification and heat treatment on the impact fatigue property was further studied. Experimental results show that addition of RE can defer the time required for the generation of fatigue cracks, reduce their propagation speed and increase the impact fatigue resistance. The aforesaid effect is more noticeable in case of combined RE modification with heat treatment, which can be attributed to the variation in morphology and the distribution of the eutectic carbide network.

Microstructure and wear resistance of highchromium cast iron containing niobium

In the paper, the effect of niobium addition on the microstructure, mechanical properties and wear resistance of high chromium cast iron has been studied. The results show that the microstructure of the heattreated alloys is composed of M7C3 and M23C6 types primary carbide, eutectic carbide, secondary carbide and a matrix of martensite and retained austenite. NbC particles appear both inside and on the edge of the primary carbides. The hardness of the studied alloys maintains around 66 HRC, not significantly affected by the Nb content within the selected range of 0.48%-0.74%. The impact toughness of the alloys increases with increasing niobium content. The wear resistance of the specimens presents little variation in spite of the increase of Nb content under a light load of 40 N. However, when heavier loads of 70 and 100 N are applied, the wear resistance increases with increasing Nb content.

Microstructure,mechanical properties,and wear resistance of VCp-reinforced Fe-matrix composites treated by Q&P process

A quenching and partitioning(Q&P) process was applied to vanadium carbide particle(VCp)-reinforced Fe-matrix composites(VC-Fe-MCs) to obtain a multiphase microstructure comprising VC, V8 C7, M3 C, α-Fe, and γ-Fe. The effects of the austenitizing temperature and the quenching temperature on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and wear resistance of the VC-Fe-MCs were studied. The results show that the size of the carbide became coarse and that the shape of some particles began to transform from diffused graininess into a chrysanthemum-shaped structure with increasing austenitizing temperature. The microhardness decreased with increasing austenitizing temperature but substantially increased after wear testing compared with the microhardness before wear testing; the microhardness values improved by 20.0% ± 2.5%. Retained austenite enhanced the impact toughness and promoted the transformation-induced plasticity(TRIP) effect to improve wear resistance under certain load conditions.

WEAR FAILURE MECHANISM AND MULTI-IMPACT PROPERTY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE CHAIN

The multi-impact characteristics and failure mechanism of two kinds of automotive engine chain made in China are studied through engine assembly and road-drive tests. The worn surface morphologies of rubbing area between pin, bush and roller are also analyzed based on scanning electron microscope. The results show that the main wear mechanism of automotive engine chain is fatigue wear, and its failure mechanism is the forming, extending and flaking of cracks on top layer of pin and bush. In addition, the material, hot-treatment method and shaping technique for roller have a great influence upon the resistance to multi-impact. Ensuring sufficient strength and plasticity of roller, as well as adopting suitable shaping technique are the effective method to increase its resistance to multi-impact.

RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF AS-CAST WEAR RESISTANCE HIGH CHROMIUM CAST IRON

The influence of alloy elements, such as boron and silicon, on the microstructure and properties of as cast high chromium cast iron is studied. The results show that boron and silicon have a great effect on the mechanical properties and the wear resistance. Through proper addition of boron and silicon, the properties of as cast high chromium cast iron can be improved effectively. Through analyzing the distribution of elements by scanning electron microscope, it has been shown that the addition of boron and silicon lowers the mass fraction of chromium saturated in as cast austenite, and makes it unstable and liable to be transformed into martensite. The as cast high chromium cast iron with proper content of boron and silicon is suitable for the manufacture of lining for asphalt concrete mixer and its wear resistance is 14 times that of lining made of low alloy white cast iron.

BEHAVIOURS OF AUSTEN1TE UNDER IMPACT ABRASION

The role of austenite in impact-abrasion process was studied on the basis of the impact-abrasion test results of a newly developed austenite-bainitic ferrite dual-phase abrasion-resistant steel with high strength,high toughness and high strain-hardening ability. It is found that the morphology,distribution and mechanical stability,rather than the volume fraction,of austenite govern the impact abrasion behaviour.Only the appropriate amount of fine and evenly dispersed austenite with adequate mechanical stability in high strength matrices,contribute effectively to the irnpact-abrasion resistance of the materials.While large quantity of coarse austenite with poor mechanical stability,especially when it acted as a continuous matrix of the material,is extremely detrimental to impact-abrasion resistance.

Influence of Impact Energy on Impact Corrosion-abrasion of High Manganese Steel

The impact corrosion-abrasion properties and mechanism of high manganese steel were investigated under different impact energies. The result shows that the wearability of the steel decreases with the increase of the impact energy. The dominant failure mechanism at a lower impact energy is the rupture of extrusion edge along root and a slight shallow-layer spalling. It transforms to shallow-layer fatigue flaking along with serious corrosion-abrasion when the impact energy is increased, and finally changes to bulk flaking of hardened laver caused by deeo work-hardening and heaw corrosion-abrasion.

Investigation of improving wear performance of hypereutectic 15%Cr-2%Mo white irons

This study aimed at optimizing impact toughness and abrasion wear resistance of 15%Cr-2%Mo hypereutectic abrasion-resistant white irons. The effects of dynamic solidification, niobium addition, combined action of them and heat treatment have been investigated. Investigations were performed by means of the image analyzer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS) and X-ray diffraction. Impact toughness and abrasion wear resistance tests were conducted. Fracture and worn surfaces were studied. Results indicated that microstructural control during solidifciation is the most valuable tool to attain the optimum combination between impact toughness and wear resistance in hypereutectic iron. Combined action of Nb addition and dynamic solidifciation improves impact toughness and wear resistance even more than the action of each individual factor. In the as-cast condition, impact toughness and abrasion resistance were increased after dynamic solidification compared to statically solidified one by 71.4% and 10%, respectively. This enhancement was increased to 114.3 % and 28.8 % by adding 2% Nb. Lower tempering temperature of 260°C exhibits better impact and abrasion resistance than the sub-critical tempering temperature of 500°C.

Size Effect of Impact Abrasive Particles on Wear and Surface Hardening Behavior of High‑Manganese Steel

The size effect of impact abrasive particles on wear and surface hardening behavior of high-manganese steel was studied.Impact wear tests were carried out on MLD-10 tester with abrasive particle sizes of 6.0–0.75 mm,respectively.The results showed that the impact wear behavior and surface hardening mechanism of high-manganese steel were affected by the size of abrasive particles.A critical size of abrasive particle might exhibit to distinguish the impact wear behavior.When the abrasive particle size was larger than 0.75 mm,the wear mass loss generally showed a decreasing trend with the decrease of the abrasive particle size.Dislocation strengthening and mechanical twinning contributed to the good work hardening behavior.However,effective surface hardening layer could not be formed for sample tested with particle size of 0.75 mm and the wear mass loss was the highest among all the conditions.The weak hardening effect led to the sharp increase of the wear mass loss.Press-in abrasives could be observed on the wear surface when the abrasive particle size was larger than 0.75 mm.The press-in abrasives were peeled off from the wear surface and broken,leaving deep grooves and peeling pits.Material exchange with the sample would occur with the flow of abrasives.A large area of furrow was formed on the wear surface.For particle size of 0.75 mm,aggregated abrasives formed a dynamic buffer layer on the surface and the stress distribution was more even.The formation of buffer layer would lower the effect of the impact load and the work hardening effect could not be fully activated.The mutual extrusion among the abrasives,friction wheel and sample caused plastic deformation of the worn surface during impact test.The present study would help guiding to select the application field of high-manganese steel more precisely.

水利工程用环氧树脂改性聚氨酯丙烯酸酯性能研究

水利工程金属结构和水工建筑物常遭受腐蚀、高速含沙水流磨蚀破坏,需对其进行便捷有效的防护。利用环氧树脂对聚氨酯丙烯酸酯(PUA)进行改性提高PUA与基体黏结性能,采用紫外光(UV)固化技术制备PUA涂层。研究了环氧树脂改性PUA的化学结构及环氧树脂用量对PUA的力学性能、热稳定性能、耐溶剂性能和抗冲磨性能的影响。结果表明,环氧树脂改性PUA的拉伸强度随着环氧树脂用量增加,呈下降趋势,当加入5%时,PUA拉伸强度为103.0 MPa,材料呈强而脆的特性。环氧树脂加入提升了PUA的拉伸剪切强度,由0.25 MPa增至1.60 MPa。同时,环氧树脂改性PUA具有良好的耐水性能、耐溶剂性能、抗冲磨性能,5%环氧树脂改性PUA抗冲磨强度为800 h/(kg·m^(2))。

新型冷作模具钢9Cr5Mo2V不同热处理下的性能研究

以新型冷作模具钢9Cr5Mo2V为研究对象,通过淬回火温度对硬度的影响规律,选出5种不同的热处理工艺,对比不同工艺下模具钢的横、纵向冲击韧性、抗弯强度和耐磨性能,并与7Cr5Mo2V钢进行对照。结果表明,9Cr5Mo2V钢在1030℃淬火、520℃回火热处理下具有极佳的硬度(63.6 HRC)和耐磨性能(260.16 min/mm3);970℃淬火、520℃回火热处理后,其纵向平均冲击功最高,达62.83 J;经970℃淬火、210℃回火热处理后,9Cr5Mo2V钢具有优良的抗弯性能,纵向抗弯强度为3621.9 MPa。9Cr5Mo2V钢的纵向冲击功和抗弯强度均高于横向的纵向冲击功和抗弯强度。

元素掺杂DLC薄膜在模拟油气田溶液中的耐蚀与耐磨性

目的沉积出在含有泥沙的模拟油气田溶液中具有优异耐蚀性与耐磨性的类金刚石碳基(DLC)薄膜来对油气开采时的管道进行保护。方法通过等离子体增强化学气相沉积(PECVD)技术在SS304方形试样表面沉积H-DLC、F-HDLC、N-HDLC及Si-HDLC,通过电化学测试表征了其在模拟油气田CO_(2)/H_(2)S/Cl^(-)溶液中的耐蚀性。采用CSM往复式摩擦机测试了其在含有泥沙的模拟溶液中的耐蚀性,结合拉曼光谱、扫描电镜(SEM)等技术分析了摩擦测试后的磨斑与磨痕形貌。结果DLC薄膜的沉积显著提高了SS304基底的耐蚀性,Si掺杂的DLC薄膜具有最高的孔隙电阻与最低的腐蚀电流密度,沉积薄膜后的腐蚀电流密度与SS304基底相比降低了2个数量级。沉积DLC薄膜后SS304基底的耐磨性大幅提高,转移膜的形成降低了摩擦因数与磨损率,薄膜的沉积使磨损率降低了约2个数量级,在与模拟沙粒的SiO_(2)对偶球进行摩擦时转移膜仍能稳定形成。通过向腐蚀溶液中添加SiO_(2)粉末模拟了SS304基底与DLC薄膜在含有大量泥沙的油气采出水中的磨损,摩擦测试后SS304基底表面发生严重的磨粒磨损,不同元素掺杂的DLC薄膜表面均存在不同程度的剥落,但与基底相比极大地缓解了基底磨损。结论DLC薄膜的沉积可以极大地提高SS304基底的耐蚀性与耐磨性,Si-HDLC薄膜在模拟油气田溶液中具有最优越的耐蚀性与稳定性,进而使其在腐蚀溶液中具有优异的耐磨性。

Effect of Si content on impact-abrasive wear resistance of Al2O3p/steel composites prepared by squeeze casting

The 40Cr steel matrix composites were reinforced with Al203 particulates （Al2O3p） through Si adding to improve the impact-abrasive wear resistance, in which Si powder ranging up to 25% of the AlzO3p weight was added into the Al2O3p preforms; then, the composites were fabricated by squeeze casting. For all composites, alumina particles are evenly distributed, and Si powder is dissolved in the matrix. Without Si powder addition, the 40Cr steel matrix contains only pearlite; however, ferrite appears and increases with Si powder addition. In the impact-abrasive wear tests, the impact frequency is 80 min^-1 and the impacting energy is 2 J. With increasing Si powder, the wear of the composites first decreases obviously, reaches the minimum at 10% and then increases. The effect of Si addition on the wear resistance can be attributed to two reasons： one is increasing the hardness of the matrix, and the other is improving the interfacial bonding between Al2O3p and steel. The wear mechanism of the composites is abrasive wear when the Si powder is 〈 10 wt%. Otherwise, it is a mixed mode of abrasive and delamination wear.