Influence of the adhesion of coatings applied by different thermal spray processes on their wear and corrosion properties

• Grant number: 17/25363-0
• Support type: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Duration: April 16, 2018 - April 15, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Manufacturing Processes
• Principal researcher: Carlos Roberto Camello Lima
• Grantee: Carlos Roberto Camello Lima
• Visiting researcher: Hipolito Domingo Carvajal Fals
• Visiting researcher institution: Universidad de Oriente, Cuba
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia, Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP). Instituto Educacional Piracicabano. Santa Bárbara D'Oeste , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Thermal spray technology has gradually achieved great prestige in the industrial and scientific environment, leading it to a technological and commercial prominent position in diverse and high-tech sectors such as aerospace, biomedical engineering, automotive, energy, oil & gas, among others. The research and development activities relating to thermal spraying technology has been intense worldwide, resulting in new possibilities and engineering alternatives such as the use of coatings to replace environmentally harsh processes, protection of equipment for nuclear fusion, extraction of oil and gas, and coatings for surgical implants. The increasing diversification and improvement of processes and materials for specific applications is expanding coatings project development capacity for specific service conditions, yielding surfaces resistant to heat, wear, erosion, corrosion, as well as unique combinations of these properties. Whatever the application of coatings, two properties are of supreme importance, i.e., wear resistance and especially the adhesion of coatings to substrates which define the effective durability and performance of the coatings. In this project, we intend to evaluate such properties and their correlation in coatings applied by different thermal spray processes, namely: Flame Spray, Arc Spray and HVOF - High Velocity Oxygen Fuel. Different materials will be tested by these processes in adhesion tests (ASTM C633-01), wear resistance (ASTM G65-03) and erosive wear (non-standard). Optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), measurement of Vickers hardness and surface roughness will be accomplished to help in the coatings analysis and understanding of microstructure and morphology changes. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

XAVIER BELEM, MARIA JULIA; CARVAJAL FALS, HIPOLITO; SANCHEZ ROCA, ANGEL; CAMELLO LIMA, CARLOS ROBERTO. Evaluation of the Adhesion and Slurry Wear Erosion of Nb2O5 Coatings Applied by Flame Spray. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, v. 50, n. 12, p. 5877-5887, DEC 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SANCHEZ OROZCO, MARIO; REYES MOJENA, MIGUEL ANGEL; CARVAJAL FALS, HIPOLITO DOMINGO; CAMELLO LIMA, CARLOS ROBERTO. Evaluation of mechanical properties of WC-Co and CrC coatings obtained from powder and flexible cored wire feedstock materials. MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS, v. 6, n. 9 SEP 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CARVAJAL FALS, HIPOLITO; XAVIER BELEM, MARIA JULIA; SANCHEZ ROCA, ANGEL; FANTON, LEONARDO; CAMELLO LIMA, CARLOS ROBERTO. Phase transformation of Nb2O5 during the formation of flame sprayed coatings and its influence on the adhesion strength, abrasive wear and slurry erosive wear. WEAR, v. 426, n. A, p. 277-284, APR 30 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.