Wear behavior and metallurgical characteristics of particle reinforced metal matrix composites produced by hardfacing: A review. (2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prabanjan, S.; Karthick, K.; Rejvin Kumar, J.; Ramkumar, S.; Riswan Ahmed, A.
• Is Part Of: Materials today. Volume 33:Part 1(2020)
• Page Start: 599
• Page End: 606
• Publication Date: 2020
• Subjects: Hardfacing -- PRMMC -- Wear Behavior -- Erosion Behavior -- Hardness behavior; Materials science -- Congresses -- Periodicals; 620.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.05.527
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-7853

Abstract

Abstract: Earth moving equipments and its components are generally susceptible to wear and erosion owing to the severe environmental conditions. Low carbon steel with nickel based Hardfacing layer is preferred to increase the wear and erosion resistance of these components. Also, corrosion performance is found to be increased. Particle Reinforced Metal Matrix Composite (PRMMC) is an emerging technology in hardfacing that will enhance the tribological performance of the components by adding hard metal or ceramic particles in the existing alloys. Tungsten Carbide (WC) is often selected as reinforcement in PRMMC to improve the wear and erosion behavior, however, there is only few researches conducted to study tribological behavior of WC hardface by varying the amount of WC reinforcement. So, this paper reviewed recent research on PRMMC (especially WC) hardfacing and correlated important findings from them with WC reinforced hardface.