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Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering >> 2007, Volume 2, Issue 1 doi: 10.1007/s11465-007-0003-0

Dilution rate and microstructure of TIG arc Ni-Al powder surfacing layer

1.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing Technology, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, China; 2.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Available online: 2007-03-05
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Surfacing beads are prepared by a direct current tungsten inert gas arc nickel-aluminum (Ni-Al) powder surfacing process. With the aim of controlling the dilution rate and obtaining surfacing beads rich in intermetallic compounds, the effects of surfacing parameters on geometric parameters, dilution rate, composition, and microstructure of the bead are investigated. An assistant cooler, which can potentially reduce the temperature of the base metal, is used in the surfacing process and its effect on dilution rate and microstructure is studied. The result indicates that with the surfacing parameter combination of low current and speed, the width and penetration of the bead decrease, reinforcement increases, and dilution rate drops markedly. With the reduction of the parameter combination, the intergranular phase ?-(Fe, Ni) is formed in the grain boundaries of Ni-Al intermetallic matrix instead of the intergranular phase ?-Fe, and large amount of intermetallics are obtained. With the use of an assistant cooler on a selected operation condition during the surfacing process, the reinforcement of the bead increases, penetration decreases, and dilution rate declines. The use of an assistant cooler helps obtain a surfacing bead composed of only intermetallics.

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