Kenta Kusumoto

Three-body abrasive wear behaviour of metastable spheroidal carbide cast irons with different chromium contents

Abstract The effect of heat treatment and chromium contents (up to 9.1 wt.%) on the wear resistance of spheroidal carbide cast iron (9.5 wt.% V) was studied using optical and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, dilatometry and three-body abrasive testing. It was found that quenching from 760 °C and 920 °C improved the alloys’ wear resistance compared to the as-cast state due to the formation of metastable austenite transforming into martensite under abrasion. The wear characteristics of alloys studied are 1.6 – 2.3 times higher than that of reference cast iron (12 wt.% V) having stable austenitic matrix. Chromium addition decreases surface damage due to the formation of M7C3 carbides, while it reduces wear resistance owing to austenite stabilization to abrasion-induced martensite transformation. The superposition of these factors results in decreasing the alloys’ wear behaviour with chromium content increase.

Effect of C Content on High Temperature Erosive Wear Characteristics of Fe-Based V Containing Multi-Component Cast Steel with Ni

Hot hardness and oxidation property of target material influences greatly on the erosion behavior at elevated temperature. The correlation between hot hardness and oxidation property of multi component white cast irons and its erosion resistance were investigated, and try to estimate the high temperature erosion behavior in the study. Nine kinds of multi component white cast iron and cast steel were used in this study. Specimen were machined into a flat plate with dimension of 50×50×10 mm. High temperature erosion test machine was used to investigate the erosive wear property of experimental materials at 1173K. Alumina grits (average diameter: 1.16 mm, hardness: 1250 HV1) which were used as impact particles were heated to 1073K and shoot on the heated specimen by hot air at the velocity of 100 m/s. The total particle loading was 2 kg. In order to clarify the correlation of hot hardness, oxidation property and the erosion resistance of specimens, hot hardness test was carried out specimens, to estimate erosion damage caused by solid particle. Hot hardness of specimens showed a value comparable to 200～250HV1. Result of erosion and oxidation tests, erosion rate and amount of oxidation of the specimen were suppressed by Ni addition. It suggested that the more amount of Ni contents, the lower the erosion rate and the less the amount of oxidation.