IMPROVEMENT OF PLASMA COATINGS

QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS

Developed by Ievgeniia Tarasova

Mechanical supervisor -Fedor
Vachkevich
English supervisor -Viktoria

The main idea of the present work is to develop

plasma coating formulations and their application
technology that will allow to achieve maximal
performance characteristics.

Applications areas
Plasma spray coating is becoming more widely
used in industry to protect a variety of parts and
tools from wear, corrosion and erosion

Plasma coating is the one obtained by applying

molten metal particles on a previously prepared
surface using a plasma jet.

Improvement of plasma coating quality

characteristics is held in the following
areas:

activities to improve the quality by pretreatment

of powders and protected surface;
activities for coatings quality improvement
during the process of spraying (technological
regimes optimization);
activities for coatings quality improvement by
treating surfaces after their formation

Technological parameters that

influence coatings formation and
micro-asperities hight are:

spraying distance
spraying angle of a pneumatic gun
abrasive particle size
air pressure
powder consumption
speed of burner

Table1

Influence of dispersion distance (L) and slope angle of pneumogun ()

on the micro unevenness height(R)*
R10-4

=30

=45

=60

=90

Note

50

54-56

57-59

63-66

71-74

75

56-58

63-65

72-74

86-89

100

58-60

65-68

75-77

93-96

125

56-58

62-64

71-73

86-90

150

54-56

56-58

64-66

77-99

Got at permanent air pressure, diameter of

nozzle of 5*10-3m and the abrasive size
0,5*10-3m

Table2

Influence of abrasive size () and air pressure () on the micro

unevenness height (R)
R10-4

*10-3

=0,2

=0,4

=0,6

Note

0,1

43-45

50-52

56-57

0,2

52-54

60-63

69-71

Information is got at the distance

L=0,10m, nozzle diameter
of 510-3m, the slope angle =90o

0,3

60-62

71-73

81-84

0,4

63-71

81-83

94-96

0,5

76-79

93-96

106-109

0,6

84-87

101-104

118-120

The table data (tabl.1 and tabl. 2) analysis

showed that:
with reduction of slope angle of pneumogun to the
surface of detail the surface roughness also reduses at
permanent distance from pneumogun to the detail and
identical compressed air pressure;
the increase of abrasive particles size results in the
increase of roughness at permanent compressed air
pressure;
reduction of compressed air pressure results in the
reduction of roughness at the identical abrasive particles
size.

Mathematical method
of prediction experiment

Fig.1 Influence of technological parameters of the plasma setting work on

eventual properties of coverages.
1 current strength();
2 tension on an arc ();
3 expense of plasma-forming gas of argon (l/mine);
D is the compromise region of the criteria 1, 2, 3, 4;
FGDE is optimal spraying region of thermal coverages.

In order to improve the coatings quality it is recommended to apply plasma and

micro-plasma melting

)
b)
c)
Fig.2 Structure of sprayed coverage from the SNGN alloy after melting:
a in a stove with a low oxidizing atmosphere; b currents of high-frequency; c
micro-plasma burner. 200

Conclusion

1. The analysis of surface preparation approach used before spraying gave

an opportunity to choose pnuematical surface preparation by means of
electrolytic as the most efficient one since it allows to adjust the surface
roughness in a wider range.
2. Mathematical investigation made it possible to create the range of criteria
compromising by means of graphical-analytical approach. Moreover it
allowed to make optimal range of gas-termal spraying.
3. Among all the investigated methods of surface melting aimed on quality
improvement it is advisable to implement plasma and microplasma melting
as it makes possible to achieve tight and strong coupling of protection layers
of steel and titan.
All the investigations held in the research work allowed to develop technical
tutorials used for producing improved quality features plasma surfaces.

THANKS FOR ATTENTION