Wear Resistance Behavior in Deposits Obtained with Simple and Doubly Coated Electrodes

Abstract

The objective of this work was to determine the influence of the relative position of the alloy charge on the electrode coatings on the abrasive wear resistance. For this purpose, three electrodes with similar chemical composition were specially constructed. The electrode variants constructed were differentiated by the position of the alloy charge with respect to the position of the ordinary coating used: internal, external and homogeneous. Structural analyzes and chemical composition of the deposits were carried out. The applied wear test consisted in the determination of the loss of mass and volume during the pin-on-disk test. A hardness test is also included. The coefficients of transfer of each of the fundamental elements of the deposits are obtained from the processing of the chemical analyzes performed. As a result it was obtained that the electrodes with external ferroalloys have greater resistance to wear, taking into account the differences between the losses of mass and volume for the three variants of electrodes. Similar behavior occurs with hardness.

Key-words:
Wear test; Hardness; Welding hardfacing; Electrode covered; Double covered electrode