CN113493889A - Drill bit with wear-resistant hard alloy coating and preparation method - Google Patents

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CN113493889A
CN113493889A CN202110425593.6A CN202110425593A CN113493889A CN 113493889 A CN113493889 A CN 113493889A CN 202110425593 A CN202110425593 A CN 202110425593A CN 113493889 A CN113493889 A CN 113493889A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a drill bit with a wear-resistant hard alloy coating and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the technical field of mechanical equipment, wherein the drill bit is provided with the hard alloy coating, and the hard alloy coating comprises the following components in parts by mass: cr (chromium) component2C332-42 parts of NiCr21-28 parts of WC 5-12 parts of TaC 5-10 parts of Co 3-5 parts of Fe. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1) cleaning the drill bit and removing oil stains; 2) sand blasting by a drill to roughen the surface; 3) spraying, namely drying the alloy powder and spraying by using supersonic flame spraying equipment; 4) cooling, namely putting the sprayed drill bit into a cooling box for cooling; 5) and polishing, namely polishing the cooled surface of the drill bit to be smooth. The drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating and the preparation method adopt supersonic speed sprayingThe coating technology carries out surface melting coating treatment on the drill bit, and the coating contains a plurality of hard alloy powder formulas, so that the drill bit is more durable, and the service life is obviously prolonged.

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Drill bit with wear-resistant hard alloy coating and preparation method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of hard alloy and drill bits, in particular to a drill bit with a wear-resistant hard alloy coating and a preparation method thereof.
Background
The hard alloy is an alloy material with a series of excellent properties of high hardness, wear resistance, good strength and toughness, heat resistance, corrosion resistance and the like, particularly the high hardness and wear resistance of the hard alloy are basically kept unchanged even at the temperature of 500 ℃, and the hard alloy still has high hardness at the temperature of 1000 ℃.
Cemented carbide is widely used as a tool material, such as turning tools, milling cutters, planing tools, drill bits, boring tools and the like, for cutting cast iron, nonferrous metals, plastics, chemical fibers, graphite, glass, stone and common steel, and also for cutting refractory steel, stainless steel, high manganese steel, tool steel and other materials which are difficult to process.
In order to further improve the hardness and wear resistance of cutter materials such as drill bits and the like, a method of spraying a hard alloy coating on the surface of the cutter materials can be adopted to improve the hardness and wear resistance of the material surface.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to further improve the hardness and the wear resistance of a drill bit and provides the drill bit with a wear-resistant hard alloy coating and a preparation process method of the drill bit.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme is as follows:
the drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating is provided with the hard alloy coating, and the hard alloy coating comprises the following components in parts by mass:
Cr2C332-42 parts of NiCr21-28 parts of WC 5-12 parts of TaC 5-10 parts of Co 3-5 parts of Fe.
NiCr nichrome powder, 80% Ni-20% Cr, has high-temperature strength, oxidation resistance, corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, fracture resistance and other comprehensive properties. Has good structure stability and use reliability at various temperatures, and is widely applied to important materials of aviation, aerospace, petroleum, chemical engineering and ships. It is widely used for manufacturing aviation jet engines and various industrial gas turbine hot end parts.
Further, the composition of the hard alloy coating is as follows:
Cr2C336.5 parts, NiCr25.8 parts, WC 8.3 parts, TaC7.6 parts, Co 4.1 parts and Fe 4.5 parts.
The preparation method of the drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating comprises the following steps:
1) cleaning the drill bit and removing oil stains;
2) sand blasting by a drill to roughen the surface;
3) spraying, wherein the alloy powder is dried and sprayed by supersonic flame spraying equipment, the spraying distance is 280mm, the oxygen-kerosene flame speed is 1600-1800m/s, the nitrogen powder feeding speed is 32-36g/min, the drill bit moving speed is 0.25-0.35m/s, and the number of sprayed layers is 38-48;
4) cooling, namely putting the sprayed drill bit into a cooling box for cooling;
5) and polishing, namely polishing the cooled surface of the drill bit to be smooth.
Further, in the spraying step, the spraying distance is 260mm, the oxygen-kerosene flame speed is 1700m/s, the nitrogen powder feeding speed is 33g/min, the drill bit moving speed is 0.28m/s, and the number of sprayed layers is 42.
The beneficial effect who adopts above-mentioned scheme does: the drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating and the preparation method adopt the supersonic speed spraying technology to carry out surface melting coating treatment on the drill bit, and the coating contains a plurality of hard alloy powder formulas, so that the drill bit is more durable, and the service life is obviously prolonged.
Detailed Description
The technical solution of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the specific embodiments of the present invention. The described embodiments are only some, not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1
The drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating is provided with the hard alloy coating, and the hard alloy coating comprises the following components in parts by mass:
Cr2C332-42 parts of NiCr21-28 parts of WC 5-12 parts of TaC 5-10 parts of Co 3-5 parts of Fe. The powder fineness is 220-350 meshes, the mixing is uniform, the fluidity is about 100s/50g, and no oxidation and oil contamination exist.
The preparation method of the drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating comprises the following steps:
1) and cleaning the drill bit and removing oil stains. Acetone and absolute ethyl alcohol can be used for removing oil stains on the surface of the drill bit
2) And the drill bit is used for sand blasting to roughen the surface. Surface blasting may be performed using quartz sand, corundum, or the like.
3) And spraying, wherein the drill is preheated to 60-80 ℃ before spraying, the alloy powder is dried at about 50 ℃, and spraying is carried out by using supersonic flame spraying equipment, wherein the spraying distance is 280mm, the oxygen-kerosene flame speed is 1600-1800m/s, the powder feeding speed of nitrogen is 32-36g/min, the moving speed of the drill is 0.25-0.35m/s, and the number of sprayed layers is 38-48. The fixed spray gun is adopted, the drill bit rotates and moves up and down, spraying is started from the front end of the drill bit, the spraying is circularly carried out for 38-48 times, and the coating thickness is 380-.
4) Cooling, namely putting the sprayed drill bit into a cooling box for cooling; the air of the cooling box needs to be dehumidified, and the humidity is kept to be about 5% -8%.
5) And polishing, namely polishing the cooled surface of the drill bit to be smooth.
The hard alloy thermal spraying coating can obviously increase the wear resistance of the surface of the drill bit, and the supersonic flame spraying is adopted to prepare the carbide-based cermet coating, so that most of carbide hard phases are retained, and the obtained coating has low porosity, high hardness and good wear resistance. The invention relates to a novel thermal spraying technology invented in the United states in 1981, and the core of a supersonic flame spraying device is a spray gun which consists of a combustion chamber, a nozzle and a long spray pipe with an equal section.
The drill bit coating prepared in example 1 was tested to determine the following parameters: the bonding strength reaches 65-75MPa, the wear resistance is 180-210 hours, the porosity is 1.1-1.3 percent, and the hardness HV0.3 is 950-1180. The service life of the drill bit can be prolonged by 20-50%.
Example 2
On the basis of example 1, the composition of the cemented carbide coating is as follows:
Cr2C336.5 parts, NiCr25.8 parts, WC 8.3 parts, TaC7.6 parts, Co 4.1 parts and Fe 4.5 parts.
In the spraying step, the spraying distance is 260mm, the oxygen-kerosene flame speed is 1700m/s, the nitrogen powder feeding speed is 33g/min, the drill bit moving speed is 0.28m/s, and the number of sprayed layers is 42.
The drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating and the preparation method adopt the supersonic speed spraying technology to carry out surface melting coating treatment on the drill bit, and the coating contains a plurality of hard alloy powder formulas, so that the drill bit is more durable, and the service life is obviously prolonged.
The drill bit coating prepared in example 2 was tested to determine the following parameters: the bonding strength reaches 74MPa, the wear resistance is more than 200 hours, the porosity is 1.2 percent, and the hardness HV0.3 is more than 1000.
Comparative example 3
On the basis of the above example 2, the WC is reduced to 3 parts, and the coating hardness HV0.3 is reduced to 850; the hardness HV0.3 of the WC bit coating was reduced to 650 without addition. The hardness of the drill coating is reduced to different degrees, and the service life of the drill is further reduced.
Comparative example 4
On the basis of the embodiment 2, the WC content is increased by 15 parts, and the bonding strength of the coating is reduced to 49 MPa; the WC content is further improved by 20 parts, the bonding strength of the coating is reduced to 41MPa, the coating is easy to scrape off, and the service life of the drill bit is further reduced.
Comparative example 5
On the basis of the above example 2, the TaC is reduced by 3 parts, and the wear resistance of the coating is reduced by 130 hours; the abrasion resistance of the coating is reduced to less than 100 hours without adding TaC. The drill life may be significantly reduced.
Comparative example 6
On the basis of the above example 2, increasing the TaC by 12 parts, the coating porosity would be 1.5; further improve TaC and be 15 parts, the coating porosity can be 1.8, and the coating wearability all can the different degree reduce, leads to drill bit life to show the reduction.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. The drill bit with the wear-resistant hard alloy coating is provided with the hard alloy coating and is characterized in that the hard alloy coating comprises the following components in parts by mass:
Cr2C332-42 parts of NiCr21-28 parts of WC 5-12 parts of TaC 5-10 parts of Co 3-5 parts of Fe.
2. The drill bit with a wear-resistant cemented carbide coating of claim 1, wherein: the hard alloy coating comprises the following components in parts by mass:
Cr2C336.5 parts, NiCr25.8 parts, WC 8.3 parts, TaC7.6 parts, Co 4.1 parts and Fe 4.5 parts.
3. The method of making a drill bit with a wear resistant cemented carbide coating of claim 1, comprising the steps of:
1) cleaning the drill bit and removing oil stains;
2) sand blasting by a drill to roughen the surface;
3) spraying, wherein the alloy powder is dried and sprayed by supersonic flame spraying equipment, the spraying distance is 280mm, the oxygen-kerosene flame speed is 1600-1800m/s, the nitrogen powder feeding speed is 32-36g/min, the drill bit moving speed is 0.25-0.35m/s, and the number of sprayed layers is 38-48;
4) cooling, namely putting the sprayed drill bit into a cooling box for cooling;
5) and polishing, namely polishing the cooled surface of the drill bit to be smooth.
4. The method for preparing a drill bit with a wear-resistant hard alloy coating according to claim 3, wherein in the spraying step, the spraying distance is 260mm, the oxygen-kerosene flame speed is 1700m/s, the nitrogen powder feeding speed is 33g/min, the drill bit moving speed is 0.28m/s, and the number of sprayed layers is 42.
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