Performance and wear characteristics of ceramic, cemented carbide, and metal nozzles used in coal–water–slurry boilers

Ceramics, cemented carbides, and metals were prepared to be used as nozzles in CWS boilers. CWS burning tests in a boiler with these nozzles were carried out. The erosion wear resistance of these nozzles was compared by determining their erosion rates and hole diameter variation. Results showed that the life of the ceramic nozzles is about 30 times high than that of the metal nozzles. The wear types at the nozzle wall surface differed in various positions. The nozzle center wall section suffers form abrasive impact under low impact angles, and the damage at the center wall mainly occurs by plowing and plastic deformation for metals, and by polishing action for carbides and ceramics. The primary wear mechanisms at the exit of ceramic nozzle exhibited thermal shock damage with chipping owing to the greater thermal stresses.     

喷砂嘴冲蚀寿命与磨料关系的研究

用碳化硅、白刚玉和棕刚玉三种磨料对硬质合金(YT15)喷嘴、SG4陶瓷喷嘴和B4C陶瓷喷嘴进行冲蚀磨损试验,研究了磨料性能对喷嘴寿命的影响,为工程应用中喷砂嘴的选用提供了理论指导.     

气-固两相流雾化喷嘴的磨损分析

目的为了解决雾化法磁性磨料制备过程中,雾化喷嘴容易发生冲蚀磨损而无法形成有效流场的问题,分析雾化喷嘴的冲蚀磨损机理,为雾化喷嘴的设计提供理论依据。方法选用Al2O3硬质磨料颗粒、Si C材料的喷嘴,运用理论分析与计算机模拟(CFD)相结合的方法,探究雾化喷涂冲蚀磨损的机理,并研究雾化压力与最大冲蚀磨损率的关系。结果运用理论分析,得出了雾化喷嘴的冲蚀磨损形式为脆性断裂与微切削两种。运用CFD计算机模拟分析,得出了雾化喷嘴的冲蚀磨损分布图,其冲蚀磨损率随着雾化压力的增加而增加。当雾化压力为3 MPa时,雾化喷嘴的最大冲蚀磨损率达到了5.3×10-7 kg/(m2·s);当雾化压力为5 MPa时,雾化喷嘴的最大冲蚀磨损率达到了1.3×10-6 kg/(m2·s),较3 MPa时增加了59%。结论可以采取将硬质磨料注入与雾化工序分离的方法来改进雾化喷嘴的结构,从而减少在制备磁性磨料过程中硬质磨料颗粒对雾化喷嘴内壁的冲蚀磨损。     

Examination of the wear properties of HVOF sprayed nanostructured and conventional WC-Co cermets with different binder phase contents

There has been an increase in interest of late regarding the properties of thermally sprayed WC-Co cermets with nanograin carbide particles. These powders have shown interesting properties in sintered components, giving high values of hardness (2200–2300 VHN) and improved wear properties. The method used for the processing for these materials—solution formation, spray drying and chemical conversion, rather than introduction of WC as solid particles to a molten binder—allows the formation of sub-100 nm WC particles as a hard second phase. The work presented here examined the effect of composition on the microstructure and wear properties of some nanostructured WC-Co materials. WC-Co cermets with 8, 10, 12, and 15% Co binder phase were deposited using a Sulzer Metco hybrid DJ HVOF thermal spray system. Optimization of deposition conditions was necessary because of the unique morphology of the powders (thick-shelled hollow spheres) to produce dense consolidated deposits. There is a higher degree of decarburization of the WC phase in the nanostructured materials compared with the conventional WC-Co. This dissolution of the hard phase is also noted to increase on decreasing binder phase content. The nanostructured WC-Co coatings have a lower wear resistance compared with the conventional WC-Co for abrasive wear and small particle erosion. The abrasive wear resistance of these nanostructured materials was found to increase on decreasing cobalt binder content. This trend in abrasive wear resistance is consistent with studies on conventional sized cermets and is believed to be more dependent upon proportion of binder phase content than degree of decarburization for the materials studied. The small particle erosion resistance of the nanostructured coatings was found to increase on increasing cobalt content.     

Wear behavior of Al2O3/Ti(C,N)/SiC new ceramic tool material when machining tool steel and cast iron

Design, fabrication and application of ceramic cutting tools are one of the important research topics in the field of metal cutting and advanced ceramic materials. In the present study, wear resistance of an advanced Al₂O₃/Ti(C,N)/SiC multiphase composite ceramic tool material have been studied when dry machining hardened tool steel and cast iron under different cutting conditions. Microstructures of the worn materials were observed with scanning electronic microscope to help analyze wear mechanisms. It is shown that when machining hardened tool steel at low speed wear mode of the kind of ceramic tool material is mainly flank wear with slight crater wear. The adhesion between tool and work piece is relatively weak. With the increase of cutting speed, cutting temperature increases consequently. As a result, the adhesion is intensified both in the crater area and flank face. The ceramic tool material has good wear resistance when machining grey cast iron with uniform flank wear. Wear mechanism is mainly abrasive wear at low cutting speed, while adhesion is intensified in the wear area at high cutting speed. Wear modes are dominantly rake face wear and flank wear in this case.     

Simulation and Improvement of the Micro Abrasive Blasting Process

Micro abrasive blasting (MAB) is becoming an important machining technique for the fabrication of Micro Electro Mechanical systems. The process is based on the erosion of a mask-protected brittle substrate by an abrasive-laden air jet. Currently available blasting machines are relatively simple. However, to exploit this technique for applications of industrial interest a more efficient and controllable process is required. In this paper abrasive blasting is analysed by means of a set of models containing different sub-models for the particle beam, the material removal mechanism and the resulting blasting profile. A new line-shaped Laval nozzle has been developed, which is able to increase the particle velocity by 40% compared to a conventional round nozzle. The blasting-profile of this line-shaped nozzle is more uniform and the material removal rate is significantly higher compared to conventional nozzles, which in turn leads to higher achievable aspect ratios of the three-dimensional microstructures.     

Dry friction and wear performance of SiC 3D continuous ceramic frame reinforced 7075A1 alloy

The dry friction and wear behavior of 7075 Al alloy reinforced with SiC 3D continuous ceramic network against Cr12 steel was studied with oscillating dry friction and wear tester under the testing conditions of 70 °C, 30 min, and the load range of 40–100 N. The experimental result shows that the characteristic of abrasive wear and oxidation wear mechanisms are present for 3D continuous SiC/7075 Al composite. 3D continuous network ceramic as the reinforcement can avoid composite from the third body wear that usually occurs in traditional particle reinforced composite. Under low load, the composite with low volume fraction of ceramic reinforcement exhibits better wear resistance due to the homogeneous reinforcement distribution with small pore size; on the contrary, under high load, the composite with high reinforcement volume fraction exhibits better wear resistance because of the coarse frame size. Hard SiC frame leads to the wear of Cr12 steel mainly. The frame with high volume fraction corresponds to the high Fe content.     

原位合成(Ti,W)C增强高铬铸铁复合材料的形成过程及三体磨损性能

通过原位生成法与铸造法相结合制备(Ti, W)C颗粒增强高铬铸铁复合材料,采用XRD、EDS、SEM等检测方法研究复合材料的反应过程、组织结构及抗三体磨损性能。研究结果表明:增强相(Ti, W)C的反应过程存在反应-融化-析出机制以及反应-固溶机制。(Ti, W)C颗粒与基体的界面为冶金结合。复合材料的抗磨损性能是其基体高铬铸铁的1.4倍,磨损机制为磨粒磨损-粘着磨损。     

颗粒补强Al2O3／SiC／（W,Ti）C复相陶瓷刀具材料的氧化行为与强度特性

研究了颗粒补强Al2O3/SiC/(W,Ti)C复相陶瓷刀具材料的纤为及其对材料抗弯强度的影响,结果表明：该材料在空气中静态氧化时的氧化增重符合抛物线规律,随弥散相SiC和（W,Ti)C的增加,其氧化活化能有不同程度的降低,由于SiC的添加,使得氧化膜在高温下能以粘性流动的方式缓解残余应力,降低氧化速度,从而使得材料的抗氧化性能有所提高,此外,适当的氧化处理可使Al2O3/SiC/(W,Ti)C陶瓷刀具材料的抗弯强度得到提高。     

Development of new ceramic cutting tools with alumina coated carbide powders

An experimental investigation is carried out to coat two types of carbide powders, TiC and (W, Ti)C, with an alumina ceramic using a sol-gel technology. The coated carbide powders are then fabricated into two kinds of new ceramic tool materials by the hot pressing method. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation reveals that in general the matrix (carbide) grains are uniformly coated with the alumina ceramic and the microstructure of the new tool materials is more homogeneous than that of conventionally made ceramics. The tests of mechanical properties and wear resistance in machining are finally conducted. It is shown that when machining a mild carbon steel the new tool materials can increase the tool-life by up to 100% as compared to other two ceramic tool materials that have the same matrix but fabricated in the conventional way, while the fracture toughness is improved by up to 33%. When compared with a hard coated carbide tool, the new materials exhibit a superior ability in maintaining the wear resistance during the entire tool-life.     

TiC颗粒增强低合金铁素体钢的耐磨性能

通过与传统低合金铁素体钢做对比,研究了原位合成方法制备的1.0vol%TiC颗粒增强型铁素体耐磨钢的磨粒磨损性能。采用光学显微镜(OM)、扫描电镜(SEM)及能谱分析(EDS)对试验钢的显微组织形貌和析出相粒子分布进行了分析,并对试验钢的硬度、强度、韧塑性和磨粒磨损性能进行测试。试验结果表明: 经过轧制后的TiC粒子在试验钢中分布均匀,其中纳米TiC粒子产生明显的沉淀强化作用,提高了基体的强度和硬度,并保证了良好的弯曲性能。粒径1～5 μm的TiC颗粒有效阻碍了磨粒对基体的犁削作用,提高了基体抵抗磨粒磨损的能力,TiC增强后的铁素体试验钢磨损量仅为未增强铁素体钢的60%,与未增强铁素体钢淬火+低温回火处理后的耐磨性相当。TiC颗粒增强铁素体钢的磨粒磨损机制既包括犁皱塑性变形机制又包括显微切削机制,钢的耐磨性提高为纳米、微米TiC粒子共同作用的结果。     

Wear of PVD Ti/TiN multilayer coatings

The wear characteristics of PVD Ti/TiN multilayer coatings subjected to two-body abrasion and particle erosion have been studied using diamond slurry and silicon carbide particles as abrasive medium and erodant, respectively. The abrasive wear rate of the Ti/TiN multilayer coatings was found to increase with the relative amount of metallic Ti in the coatings. In erosion, the lowest wear rate was recorded for the homogeneous TiN coating. For the Ti/TiN multilayer coatings the erosion rate was found to decrease with an increasing relative amount of metallic Ti in the coatings. It is concluded that the concept of multilayered coatings offers a potent means to tailor the properties of tribological coatings. In particular, demands of different applications can be met by adjusting the relative thickness of metallic Ti in Ti/TiN coatings. The amount of metallic Ti can, for example, be used to control the coating residual stress state. Multilayered Ti/TiN coatings seem promising for combined wear and corrosion protection.     

几何结构参数对磨料水射流喷嘴磨损规律影响的模拟分析

建立了前混合磨料水射流喷嘴物理模型。基于FLUENT软件,采用颗粒轨道模型、Grant弹性恢复系数和E/CRC磨损模型对磨料水射流喷嘴内的磨损特性进行了数值模拟。结果表明:当喷嘴收缩角为20°以上时,喷嘴磨损呈现两个严重磨损区,分别在喷嘴圆柱段入口处前较短距离范围内和喷嘴圆柱段出口处前较短距离范围内;随着喷嘴收缩角的增大,磨料颗粒与喷嘴圆柱段壁面碰撞次数和速度增加,同时随着喷嘴长径比的增大,喷嘴圆柱段壁面磨损速率整体增加,严重磨损区范围扩大,结果均使喷嘴圆柱段的磨损加剧。以喷嘴壁面磨损速率的面积加权平均积分表征喷嘴整体的磨损程度。随着收缩角和长径比的增大,喷嘴壁面磨损速率的面积加权平均积分增大,喷嘴的磨损整体而言越严重。因此,从减小喷嘴磨损的角度而言,喷嘴的收缩角和长径比宜取小值。     

SiC泡沫陶瓷增强ZL205A铝合金复合材料的制备与性能研究

本实验通过挤压浸渗工艺成功制备了SiC泡沫陶瓷增强ZL205A铝合金复合材料,并研究了不同孔隙率的泡沫陶瓷增强相对复合材料性能的影响。通过微观结构分析,制备的复合材料两相间结合紧密,没有裂纹及其他缺陷产生。多孔陶瓷作为增强相可以有效地细化ZL205A合金的晶粒,多孔陶瓷孔隙率的降低,孔结构越小,合金晶粒越细小。对制备的复合材料进行力学性能测试,复合材料的硬度和抗弯强度最高能够达到127.6HV和415MPa。对制备的复合材料进行摩擦磨损测试,结果表明,连续陶瓷相的存在将铝基体严重的粘着磨损和剥落磨损转变为较轻的磨粒磨损,极大提升了复合材料的摩擦磨损性能,为其用于耐磨领域提供了理论依据。     

激光功率对超声辅助激光熔覆Al2O3-ZrO2陶瓷力学性能的影响

采用激光熔覆工艺在Ti-6Al-4V合金基体上制备Al₂O₃-ZrO₂陶瓷层,探讨在超声辅助下不同激光功率对熔覆层形貌及性能的影响。通过金相显微镜,X射线衍射,扫描电镜,显微硬度测试仪及摩擦磨损试验机研究了熔覆层的宏观形貌,截面形貌,物相组成,微观结构,显微硬度和磨损行为。结果表明:随着激光功率的增加,熔覆层稀释率先增加后降低,激光功率从1100 W增加到1500 W时,稀释率分别为65.86%、68.55%、76.04%、71.57%和68.23%;熔覆层主要由TiAl、TiO和ZrO₂组成;随着激光功率的增加,熔覆层显微硬度呈现先增加后减小的趋势;与其他3种熔覆层(激光功率为1300、1400和1500 W)相比,激光功率为1200 W的熔覆层平均摩擦因数相对较低,约为0.27,该熔覆层的磨损机理为磨粒磨损,其他3种熔覆层的磨损机理为磨粒磨损和粘着磨损。     

DESIGN AND PROPERTIES OF A FUNCTIONALLY GRADIENT CERAMIC TOOL MATERIAL

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60Si2Mn钢高速电弧喷涂耐磨涂层的摩擦磨损性能

为提高旋耕刀的耐磨性并延长其使用寿命,利用高速电弧喷涂技术在旋耕刀材料60Si2Mn钢表面制备NiAl粘结层与Ni-Al2O3、Cr2O3、SiC、Cr、Ti和Fe构成的耐磨涂层。经XRD、显微组织分析及硬度测试得到,耐磨涂层由Fe9.64Ti0.36、FeAl、Al2O3和SiO2多相组成,组织均匀致密,表面硬度达到1 037 HV0.2,比传统淬火、中温回火的表面硬度提高69%,表层硬度最高达到1 202HV0.2。摩擦磨损试验结果表明,耐磨涂层与传统淬火、中温回火相比,体积磨损量下降60%,摩擦因数降低44%,电弧喷涂涂层有效的降低了摩擦和磨损,改善了材料的耐磨性。     

SiCp/ZrO2-MoSi2纳米复合陶瓷磨损特性的研究

用磨损对比试验对无润滑条件下SiCp/ZrO2-MoSi2纳米复合陶瓷的磨损特性进行了分析.结果表明,加入SiC/ZrO2纳米颗粒能明显改善MoSi2陶瓷的室温耐磨性,复合陶瓷磨损特性与SiC/ZrO2纳米颗粒在基体中的体积分数有关;加入ZrO2使复合陶瓷的磨损特征倾向于粘着磨损,加入SiCp则使复合陶瓷的磨损特征倾向于磨粒磨损.ZrO2含量较高的纳米复合陶瓷在磨损中期呈现更好的耐磨性,而SiCp对耐磨性的提高则体现在磨损的后期,纳米复合陶瓷的整体耐磨性由硬度和韧性共同决定.     

Abrasive waterjet cutting of polycrystalline diamond: A preliminary investigation

Although abrasive waterjet (AWJ) machining has been employed in different setups (e.g. through cutting, milling, turning, cleaning) to generate surfaces in various workpiece materials (e.g. metallic alloys, ceramics, composites), up to now there is scarce information on the use of this technology in cutting super-hard materials such as diamond-based materials. The paper reports for the first time on a preliminary study of the capability of AWJ cutting of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) using abrasive media with different hardness, i.e. aluminium oxide (Al₂O₃), silicon carbide (SiC) and diamond. While keeping some operating parameters constant (pump pressure, stand-off distance and size of abrasives) the feed speed has been adjusted to enable full jet penetration for each type of abrasives. It was found that not only the material removal rates vary significantly with the employment of different types of abrasives but also the nozzle wear ratios, with further implications on the kerf quality (width, taper angle) of diamond cut surfaces. Furthermore in-depth studies of the cut surfaces helped to reveal the material removal mechanism when different types of abrasives are employed: Al₂O₃—low intensity erosion; SiC—medium erosion with undesired cracking; diamond—high intensity erosion. The experimental results showed that while Al₂O₃ and SiC abrasive media yield modest material removal rates (comparable with those obtained by electro discharge machining-EDM) the use of diamond abrasives can greatly increase (>200 times) the productivity of AWJ through cutting of PCD test pieces at acceptable roughness (Ra<1.6 μm) and integrity (i.e. crack-free) of the cut surfaces. Despite some limitations (e.g. cost of diamond abrasives, extensive nozzle wear rates) that can be overcome through further developments, it is believed that this preliminary research gives an indication of the capability of the AWJ to profile diamond-based structures for high-value engineering applications where conventional methods (e.g. EDM, laser) cannot be applied or are not productive enough.     

Wear and corrosion properties of laser cladded Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8/SiC amorphous composite coatings on AZ91D magnesium alloy

To improve the wear and corrosion properties of AZ91D magnesium alloys, Cu-based amorphous composite coatings were fabricated on AZ91D magnesium alloy by laser cladding using mixed powders of Cu47Ti34Zr11Ni8 and SiC. The wear and corrosion behaviours of the coatings were investigated. The wear resistance of the coatings was evaluated under dry sliding wear condition at room temperature. The corrosion resistance of the coatings was tested in 3.5% （mass fraction） NaCl solution. The coatings exhibit excellent wear resistance due to the recombined action of amorphous phase and different intermetallic compounds. The main wear mechanisms of the coatings and the AZ91D sample are different. The former is abrasive wear and the latter is adhesive wear. The coatings compared with AZ91D magnesium alloy also exhibit good corrosion resistance because of the presence of the amorphous phase in the coatings.