Manufacturing Technology 2022, 22(5):530-541 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2022.066

The Diffusion Coatings for Industrial Tool Application

Marcin Drajewicz ORCID...1, Adrianna Przybylo2, Jakub Jopek1, Marek Góral ORCID...1, Barbara Koscielniak ORCID...1, Kamil Ochal ORCID...1, Tadeusz Kubaszek ORCID...1, Artur Gurak1, Kamil Dychton ORCID...1, Mateusz Wozniak2, Pawel Kwasniewski ORCID...3, Artur Kawecki ORCID...3, Wojciech Gluchowski ORCID...4, Marek Lagoda ORCID...4
1 Research and Development Laboratory for Aerospace Materials, Rzeszow University of Technology, Powstancow Warszawy 12, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
2 Doctoral School of Engineering and Technical Sciences at the Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow University of Technology, Powstancow Warszawy 12, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland, Poland
3 AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals, Adama Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
4 Lukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Józefa Sowińskiego 5, 44-121 Gliwice, Poland

The diffusion boriding process allows to increase the abrasion and corrosion resistance of the majority of steel grades. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of the chemical composition of the substrate of various steel grades on the microstructure of boride coatings produced using two diffusion methods: pack cementation boriding using EKABOR-2 and paste-pack boriding using EKABOR-PASTE on the substrate of tool and structural steels:. The boriding processes were carried out at 1000oC in an argon atmosphere for 4h. Scanning microstructure investigations of the obtained coatings indicate that a high content of alloying elements increasing the FeB (Cr, Mo, W) phase, results in the formation of an external, continuous layer of FeB borides. It was found that with increasing alloying element and carbon concentration, the total thickness of the boride coatings decreases. In particular, a chromium content below about 1%, with a carbon content below about 0.4%, significantly limits or prevents the formation of the FeB phase. Increasing the content of alloying elements and carbon, results in a change in the morphology of the iron borides.

Keywords: Boride coatings, Hard coatings, Pack boriding, Wear, Corrosion
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The research was financially supported by National Research and Development Centre under grant no. TECHMATSTRATEG-III/0002/2019 

Received: June 21, 2022; Revised: October 2, 2022; Accepted: December 2, 2022; Prepublished online: December 6, 2022; Published: December 11, 2022  Show citation

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Drajewicz M, Przybylo A, Jopek J, Góral M, Koscielniak B, Ochal K, et al.. The Diffusion Coatings for Industrial Tool Application. Manufacturing Technology. 2022;22(5):530-541. doi: 10.21062/mft.2022.066.
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