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Welding

Welded ferrous coatings

Coating applications, both for prevention and repair, are designed to reinforce certain specific surface properties of the workpiece: resistance to wear, heat, corrosion, etc.
In most cases this involves the welding of dissimilar materials.
When welding dissimilar materials, the dilution must be controlled to a minimum - using low heat input procedures.

Swing hammers are subject to constant wear from impact and abrasion.<BR>
 Wear and spare part management pays dividends !
Swing hammers are subject to constant wear from impact and abrasion.
Wear and spare part management pays dividends !

Tungsten carbide type

High chromium irons

  • Complex alloy type

Complex alloy type
Complex alloy type

  • Carbide type

Chromium carbide type
Chromium carbide type

  • Austenitic type

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Austenitic type

Tool steels

  • Cold working steels

Cold working steel
Cold working steel

  • Hot working steels

Hot working steel
Hot working steel

  • Maraging steels

Procedures

Basic wearfacing oscillation techniques

  • Stringer bead: Reduced heat input, less dilution
  • Weaving: MMA, Width approx. 1.5 x diam. electrode
  • Straight line: Open arc, Width approx. 20 mm

Single-layer coating

Stringer bead
Stringer bead

Generally, maximum hardness cannot be achieved in one layer.
However some alloys can give optimum results with only one layer.

Multi-layer coating

Multi-layer coating
Multi-layer coating

A buttering layer may sometimes be necessary to build up or to tolerate the dilution without cracking.

Graded coatings

Multilayers exhibiting stepwise changes of composition and/or structures are a first approximation to continuously graded coatings.

Weld patterns

Diamond pattern
Diamond pattern and dot deposit
Waffle or cross hatch pattern
Quick dot deposits

Welded non-ferrous coatings

Nickel alloys

A first characterisation of Nickel alloys can done by a rough analyse of their composition:

Alloying elements   Influence on different hardening system   Influence on properties
   
Cr   Solid solution hardening
Formation of carbides
Sigma-phase
  High temperature corrosion resistance
Oxidation resistance
   
Fe   Solid solution hardening  
   
C   Carbide formation ( MC, M6C, M23C6 , M7C3 )  
   
Mo   Solid solution hardening
Carbide formation (M6C, MC)
  Pitting corrosion resistance
   
W   Solid solution hardening
Carbide formation (M6C, MC)
 
   
Al   Solid solution hardening
Precipitation hardening by intermetallics γ'-Ni3Al
  Oxidation resistance
Creep resistance
   
Ti   Solid solution hardening
Precipitation hardening by
intermetallics γ'
Carbide formation (MC)
 
Co   Solid solution hardening
Improve temperature stability of intermetallics γ'
 
   
Ta   Solid solution hardening
Carbide formation
 
   
Nb (Cb)   Solid solution hardening
Carbide formation
 
   
B (low percentage)   Boride formation   Creep resistance
   
Zr (low percentage)   Carbide formation (MC)   Creep resistance
   
Y     Oxidation resistance
   
La     Oxidation resistance

Nickel alloy
Nickel alloy

Welding processes

  • Manual Metal Arc (MMA)
  • MIG (Metal Inert Gas)
  • Submerged Arc Welding
  • PTA

Cleaning

Use stainless steel brushes, appropriate disk grinders or fine grinding wheels.
Chromium-containing nickel alloys are less susceptible to damage by sulphur, but nevertheless, the removal of any sulphur-containing contaminants from the surface must be done before welding.

Procedure

MMA: A stringer bead approach is applied at a slow speed to build up a heavy steep-sided deposit. A minimum of three layers is required to achieve less than 5% iron dilution.

MIG: A stringer bead approach as for Manual Metal Arc welding is applied.
In the Spray Arc Mode the dilution is somewhat less than for Manual Metal Arc Welding but three layers of weld metal are usually necessary to be below 5% dilution after machining.
In the Short Arc and Pulsed Mode, the dilution should be less so that only two layers can be sufficient.

Submerged Arc Welding: Usually 1.6 or 2.4 mm diameter wire is used with nickel base alloys. The most efficient use of the submerged-arc process is achieved when the torch can be oscillated.

Cobalt alloys

Stellite 12
Stellite 12

Welding processes

  • Manual Metal Arc (MMA)
  • MIG (Metal Inert Gas)
  • PTA

Base metals

see chapter steel

Safety: Arc welding

see chapter safety

Case studies

Coating of heavy components:

Improved availability and performance, optimised spare part management and reduced use of natural resources are principal objectives. There are hundreds of potential applications for improving the wear approach within a production plant.

Coating of cold working tools:

In general, it is preferable to use the arc welding coating system on tools and dies. To produce sound coatings, correct welding procedure is necessary : process, consumable and heat treatment are prescriped. The base metal, dimension/shape and working conditions of the tools must be considered when establishing procedure. The right selection of the arc welding process has a technical and an economic impact.
The trend is to substitute tool steels with low alloy steels, carbon steels or even cast iron. For welding, this implies reduction of preheating temperature and heat treatment.

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Last update: September 7, 2015

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