Coarse WC Particles Ceramic-Metal Composite Coating by Laser Cladding

The coarse WC particles ceramic-metal com-posite coatings with WC density of 67 wt-% andthickness of 1.0-1.2 mm have been cladded on20Ni4Mo steel surface by a 2 kW CO2 laser.Thesintered WC particles with the size of 600-1000 μmare chosen as the main strengthening phase,Ni-base self-flux alloy as the binder in the compo-site coatings.The microstructure andmicrohardness of both WC particles and binder areanalysed.The rigid ball indention with acousticemission technique is used to evaluate thebrittleness of the coating.Finally,the abrasive wearresistance of the coating is tested.Besides,thecoatings with the same ratio and size of WC parti-cles in low carbon steel tube rod were cladded on20Ni4Mo steel by atomic hydrogen welding tech-nique and analysed by the same way,their resultsare compared.