Disclosure of Invention
In order to further improve the surface property of a middle groove of the scraper conveyor and prolong the service life, the application provides a high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the scraper conveyor for a coal mine and a preparation method thereof, and the surface property of the middle groove is improved by adopting a laser cladding method to clad a layer of high-entropy alloy on the surface of the middle groove through the design of a cladding material system for the middle groove of 16 manganese steel.
In a first aspect, the application provides a preparation method of a high-entropy alloy coating for a middle groove of a coal mine scraper conveyor, which comprises the following steps:
the preparation method of the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing high-entropy alloy powder: measuring the raw material powder according to the atomic ratio, mixing the measured powder, ball milling to 200-300 meshes by using a ball mill, and then vacuum drying for 2 hours at 80 ℃ to obtain high-entropy alloy powder;
s2, surface treatment of a substrate: removing an oxide layer and impurities on the surface of the 16 manganese steel matrix, and drying for later use;
s3, laser cladding: adding 8-10% by mass of polyvinyl alcohol solution into the high-entropy alloy powder obtained in the step S1, stirring to be sticky, uniformly adhering the sticky to the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate treated in the step S2, and cladding the high-entropy alloy powder on the surface of the substrate by using a high-energy light beam of an optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser to form a high-entropy alloy coating to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating;
s4, heat treatment after cladding: placing the high-entropy alloy coating obtained by laser cladding into a vacuum treatment furnace for ageing treatment, placing into ethanol at the temperature of minus 50 ℃ for cooling for 30min after ageing, and naturally heating to room temperature to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor; and (4) aging treatment in the step (S4) is as follows: firstly, the temperature is kept at 700 ℃ for 2 hours, then the temperature is kept at 500 ℃ for 1 hour, and then the temperature is kept at 300 ℃ for 0.5 hour.
By adopting the technical scheme, the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor, which has high surface hardness, high wear resistance and good toughness, can be accurately prepared by taking the polyvinyl alcohol solution as an adhesive, adopting laser cladding and performing gradient aging treatment.
Preferably, the ball milling time in the step S1 is 1-2h, the rotating speed of the ball mill is 300-600r/min, and the ball milling tank is filled with argon for protection.
By adopting the technical scheme, the high-entropy alloy powder is kept from being oxidized in the preparation process, and the particle size is moderate, which is a key for ensuring the performance of the high-entropy alloy coating.
Preferably, the surface treatment process of the substrate in S2 is as follows: polishing the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate by using 200-1000 mesh sand paper to remove an oxide film, washing the surface by running water, then carrying out ultrasonic cleaning in absolute ethyl alcohol to remove surface impurities, and drying for later use after the cleaning is finished.
By adopting the technical scheme, the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate can be fully combined with the high-entropy alloy coating.
Preferably, the laser focal length of the optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser in the step S3 is 13-16mm, the laser power is 1600-2000W, the scanning speed is 5-7mm/S, the spot diameter is 3-4 mm, the overlapping cladding is performed in a plurality of ways, the overlapping rate is 32-35%, argon is used as a protective gas in the cladding process, and the protective gas flow is 12-18L/min.
By adopting the technical scheme, the laser focal length, the power, the scanning speed, the light spot diameter and the lap joint mode are selected and limited, and the obtained high-entropy alloy coating has uniform and compact cladding layer structure and no air holes, cracks, inclusions and the like.
Preferably, the addition amount of the polyvinyl alcohol solution in the step S3 is 1.2-1.5 times of the mass of the high-entropy alloy powder.
By adopting the technical scheme, the high-entropy alloy powder is uniformly dispersed, and has good adhesion effect with the surface of the 16 manganese steel matrix.
Preferably, the adhesion thickness of the high-entropy alloy powder in the step S3 is 0.8mm-1.5mm.
By adopting the technical scheme, the dilution rate is moderate under the adhesion thickness, and the laser can thoroughly melt the high-entropy alloy coating without excessively damaging the 16 manganese steel matrix.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a high entropy alloy coating for a middle trough of a coal mine scraper conveyor prepared by the method described above:
the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor is prepared from the following raw materials: the raw materials and the atomic fraction thereof are as follows: 17-20% of Co, 17-20% of Cr, 17-20% of Fe, 17-20% of Ni, 8.5-10% of Mo, 5-10.5% of Nb and 5-13% of Ti, wherein the total atomic fraction of all components is 100%, and the purity of each raw material is greater than or equal to 99.9%.
By adopting the technical scheme, the surface hardness, the wear resistance and the toughness of the middle groove matrix of the coal mine scraper conveyor are improved.
Preferably, the raw materials and the atomic fractions thereof are as follows: 18% of Co, 18% of Cr, 18% of Fe, 18% of Ni, 9% of Mo, 8% of Nb and 11% of Ti.
By adopting the technical scheme, the surface performance of the middle groove matrix of the coal mine scraper conveyor is integrally optimal.
In summary, the present application has the following beneficial effects:
1. the invention adopts a laser cladding technology, takes CoCrFeNiMoNbTi high-entropy alloy as cladding coating material, takes polyvinyl alcohol solution as binder, carries out coating modification on the surface of a 16 manganese steel matrix, adopts a gradient aging treatment process, prepares the high-entropy alloy coating with high hardness, high wear resistance and high impact toughness, and improves the surface hardness and wear resistance of the middle groove matrix of the coal mine scraper conveyor.
2. The high-entropy alloy coating obtained by the preparation method has good combination with the 16 manganese steel matrix, and the cladding layer has uniform and compact structure and no pores, cracks, inclusions and the like.
3. The high-entropy alloy coating obtained by the preparation method has obvious microstructure, is of a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure, and has the crystal of a cladding region of equiaxed crystal.
4. The high-entropy alloy coating obtained by the preparation method is 2.26 times of the hardness of the 16 manganese steel substrate, the abrasion loss is reduced by 84%, the elongation at break is improved by 77%, the overall performance is obviously improved compared with that of the 16 manganese steel substrate, and the 16 manganese steel substrate is fully protected, so that the service life of a middle groove of the 16 manganese steel is prolonged, and the high-entropy alloy coating can be better used for a coal mine scraper conveyor.
5. In CoCrFeNiMo 0.5 Nb and Ti elements are added on the basis of the high-entropy alloy coating, and a proper amount of Nb is used as a heterogeneous nucleation core in the high-entropy alloy, so that nucleation is promoted, grains are refined, and the wear resistance is improved; proper amount of Ti can increase lattice distortion in the high-entropy alloy, promote the high-entropy alloy to generate a body-centered cubic (BCC) structure, and improve the hardness of the high-entropy alloy; the gradient aging treatment shows that the high-entropy alloy components after cladding are more uniformly dispersed, and the toughness is further enhanced.
Detailed Description
The present application is described in further detail below with reference to examples.
The raw materials of the examples and comparative examples are all commercially available in general except for the specific descriptions, and the purity of each raw material is 99.9% or more. The laser device adopted in the laser experiment is an LDF4000-100 type optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser.
Examples
Example 1
High-entropy alloy coating for middle groove of coal mine scraper conveyor:
the raw materials and the atomic fraction thereof are as follows: 17% of Co, 17% of Cr, 17% of Fe, 17% of Ni, 8.5% of Mo, 10.5% of Nb and 13% of Ti, and the total atomic fraction of all the components is 100%.
The preparation process comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing high-entropy alloy powder: respectively measuring the raw material powder according to the atomic ratio, putting the measured powder mixture into a ball milling tank filled with argon in a ball mill, ball milling for 2 hours at the rotating speed of 300r/min, changing the particle size of the powder into 300 meshes, and then vacuum drying for 2 hours at 80 ℃ to obtain high-entropy alloy powder;
s2, surface treatment of a substrate: sequentially polishing the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate by using 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1000-mesh sand paper to remove an oxide film, washing the surface by running water, then carrying out ultrasonic cleaning in absolute ethyl alcohol to remove surface impurities, and drying for later use after the cleaning is finished;
s3, laser cladding: adding an adhesive into the high-entropy alloy powder obtained in the step S1, stirring to be sticky, uniformly adhering the high-entropy alloy powder to the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate treated in the step S2, wherein the adhering thickness is 0.8mm, and cladding the high-entropy alloy powder on the surface of the substrate by using a high-energy light beam of an optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser to form a high-entropy alloy coating, so as to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating; the adhesive is a polyvinyl alcohol solution with the mass fraction of 8%, and the addition amount is 1.2 times of the mass of the high-entropy alloy powder; the laser focal length of the optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser is 16mm, the laser power is 1600W, the scanning speed is 7mm/s, the spot diameter is 3mm, the multi-channel lap joint cladding is carried out, the lap joint rate is 32%, argon is used as a protective gas in the cladding process, and the protective gas flow is 12L/min;
s4, heat treatment after cladding: placing the sample obtained by laser cladding into a vacuum treatment furnace for aging treatment, placing into ethanol at the temperature of minus 50 ℃ for cooling for 30min after aging, and naturally heating to room temperature to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor; the aging treatment is as follows: firstly, the temperature is kept at 700 ℃ for 2 hours, then the temperature is kept at 500 ℃ for 1 hour, and then the temperature is kept at 300 ℃ for 0.5 hour.
Example 2
High-entropy alloy coating for middle groove of coal mine scraper conveyor:
the raw materials and the atomic fraction thereof are as follows: 18% Co, 18% Cr, 18% Fe, 18% Ni, 9% Mo, 8% Nb, 11% Ti, and the total atomic fraction of all components is 100%.
The preparation process comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing high-entropy alloy powder: respectively measuring the raw material powder according to the atomic ratio, putting the measured powder mixture into a ball milling tank filled with argon in a ball mill, ball milling for 1.5 hours at the rotating speed of 450r/min, changing the particle size of the powder into 250 meshes, and then vacuum drying for 2 hours at 80 ℃ to obtain high-entropy alloy powder;
s2, surface treatment of a substrate: sequentially polishing the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate by using 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1000-mesh sand paper to remove an oxide film, washing the surface by running water, then carrying out ultrasonic cleaning in absolute ethyl alcohol to remove surface impurities, and drying for later use after the cleaning is finished;
s3, laser cladding: adding an adhesive into the high-entropy alloy powder obtained in the step S1, stirring to be sticky, uniformly adhering the high-entropy alloy powder to the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate treated in the step S2, wherein the adhering thickness is 1.2mm, and cladding the high-entropy alloy powder on the surface of the substrate by using a high-energy light beam of an optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser to form a high-entropy alloy coating, so as to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating; the adhesive is polyvinyl alcohol solution with the mass fraction of 9%, and the addition amount is 1.3 times of the mass of the high-entropy alloy powder; the laser focal length of the optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser is 15mm, the laser power is 1800W, the scanning speed is 6mm/s, the spot diameter is 4mm, the multi-channel lap joint cladding is performed, the lap joint rate is 33%, argon is used as a protective gas in the cladding process, and the protective gas flow is 15L/min;
s4, heat treatment after cladding: placing the sample obtained by laser cladding into a vacuum treatment furnace for aging treatment, placing into ethanol at the temperature of minus 50 ℃ for cooling for 30min after aging, and naturally heating to room temperature to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor; the aging treatment is as follows: firstly, the temperature is kept at 700 ℃ for 2 hours, then the temperature is kept at 500 ℃ for 1 hour, and then the temperature is kept at 300 ℃ for 0.5 hour.
The phase structure of the high entropy alloy coating was examined using an X-ray diffractometer, as shown in fig. 1, and it can be seen that the coating consisted mainly of a Body Centered Cubic (BCC) phase.
The cross-sectional morphology and tissue of the coating were observed and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy at different microscopic magnification, as shown in figures 2 and 3 for the morphology and tissue of 100 μm and 10 μm respectively. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the coating after cladding has good bonding with the 16Mn substrate, the cross section of the coating is compact, and defects such as holes, cracks and the like are not generated; as can be seen from fig. 3, the bonding region is coarse columnar dendrites which appear to grow perpendicular to the interface, the cladding region is equiaxed grains which are coarse from the bottom to fine on the surface.
Microhardness on the coating section was measured using a vickers microhardness tester, with a standard vickers diamond rectangular pyramid indenter, load of 300g, and loading time set at 12s. Hardness measurements were made along the cross section of the sample to the substrate with 50 μm spacing between hardness points, the results are shown in FIG. 4. As can be seen from fig. 4, the hardness value of the coating cladding area is the greatest, and the hardness drop is remarkable in the bonding area, probably because fine equiaxed crystals are gradually coarse from top to bottom in the cladding area, so that the hardness curve of the cladding area is in a slow drop trend, and coarse columnar dendrites are in the bonding area, and the hardness drop is remarkable.
Example 3
High-entropy alloy coating for middle groove of coal mine scraper conveyor:
the raw materials and the atomic fraction thereof are as follows: 20% Co, 20% Cr, 20% Fe, 20% Ni, 10% Mo, 5% Nb, 5% Ti, and the total of the atomic fractions of all components is 100%.
The preparation process comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing high-entropy alloy powder: respectively measuring the raw material powder according to the atomic ratio, putting the measured powder mixture into a ball milling tank filled with argon in a ball mill, ball milling for 1h at the rotating speed of 600r/min, changing the particle size of the powder into 200 meshes, and then vacuum drying for 2h at 80 ℃ to obtain high-entropy alloy powder;
s2, surface treatment of a substrate: sequentially polishing the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate by using 220, 400, 600, 800 and 1000-mesh sand paper to remove an oxide film, washing the surface by running water, then carrying out ultrasonic cleaning in absolute ethyl alcohol to remove surface impurities, and drying for later use after the cleaning is finished;
s3, laser cladding: adding an adhesive into the high-entropy alloy powder obtained in the step S1, stirring to be sticky, uniformly adhering the high-entropy alloy powder to the surface of the 16 manganese steel substrate treated in the step S2, wherein the adhering thickness is 1.5mm, and cladding the high-entropy alloy powder on the surface of the substrate by using a high-energy light beam of an optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser to form a high-entropy alloy coating, so as to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating; the adhesive is a 10% polyvinyl alcohol solution, and the addition amount of the adhesive is 1.2-1.5 times of the mass of the high-entropy alloy powder; the laser focal length of the optical fiber coupling semiconductor laser is 13mm, the laser power is 2000W, the scanning speed is 5mm/s, the spot diameter is 4mm, the multi-channel lap joint cladding is carried out, the lap joint rate is 35%, argon is used as a protective gas in the cladding process, and the protective gas flow is 18L/min;
s4, heat treatment after cladding: placing the sample obtained by laser cladding into a vacuum treatment furnace for aging treatment, placing into ethanol at the temperature of minus 50 ℃ for cooling for 30min after aging, and naturally heating to room temperature to obtain the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor; the aging treatment is as follows: firstly, the temperature is kept at 700 ℃ for 2 hours, then the temperature is kept at 500 ℃ for 1 hour, and then the temperature is kept at 300 ℃ for 0.5 hour.
Comparative example
Comparative example 1
The same as in example 2, except that the atomic fraction of Nb was 0, 4% and 11%, respectively, and the total atomic fraction was 100% by scaling of other metal elements, the high-entropy alloy coatings a1 to a3 for the middle tank of the scraper conveyor for coal mine were sequentially produced.
Comparative example 2
The same as in example 2, except that the atomic fraction of Ti was 0%, 4% and 14%, respectively, and the total atomic fraction was 100% by scaling of other metal elements, the high-entropy alloy coatings b1 to b3 for the middle grooves of the scraper conveyor for coal mine were sequentially prepared.
Comparative example 3
The same as in example 2, except that: equipotential aging treatment is adopted, and the aging is respectively as follows: preserving heat for 2h at 700 ℃; preserving heat for 1h at 500 ℃; and (3) preserving heat for 0.5h at 300 ℃ to sequentially prepare the high-entropy alloy coating c1-c3 for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor.
Comparative example 4
The same as in example 2, except that: and the polyvinyl alcohol solution with the concentration of 9% of the adhesive is replaced by ethanol with the same mass, so that the high-entropy alloy coating d1 for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor is prepared.
The surface of the high-entropy alloy coating d1 for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor is provided with pits and protrusions, and the pits and the protrusions are uneven, which means that compared with ethanol, the adhesive polyvinyl alcohol solution is used for dispersing the high-entropy alloy powder more uniformly, the adhesion effect on a 16 manganese steel substrate is better, the deviation is not easy to occur in the laser cladding process, and the thickness of the coating is uneven.
Performance test
The high-entropy alloy coating for the middle tank of the coal mine scraper conveyor obtained in examples 1 to 3 and the high-entropy alloy coating a1 to a3, b1 to b3, c1 to c3 for the middle tank of the coal mine scraper conveyor obtained in comparative examples 1 to 3 were used as samples for testing according to the following methods:
the sample microhardness was measured as described in example 2 and the average hardness of the cladding area was calculated.
The wear resistance of the steel is measured by an MM-200 type wear testing machine, the sample size is 4 multiplied by 25MM, the friction working condition is dry grinding sliding friction, the loading is 10kg, the rotating speed is 300r/min, and the experimental time is 1h.
The toughness of the samples was characterized by testing the elongation at break of the samples. The sample was axially stretched using a MTS-4500 stretching device. The working parameters of the test are as follows: the load threshold was 4500N and the test speed was 0.6mm/min. The calculation formula is as follows: elongation at break= (length after test-length before test)/length after test %.
The results are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1 Performance test results
As can be seen from Table 1, the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor prepared in examples 1-3 of the application has excellent performance, high average hardness, good wear performance and good toughness, the average hardness of a cladding area is up to 600HV, 2.26 times that of a 16 manganese steel substrate, and the wear amount is as low as 0.0004mm 3 Compared with a 16 manganese steel matrix, the elongation at break is reduced by 84 percent and is up to 15 percent, and compared with the 16 manganese steel matrix, the elongation at break is improved by 77 percent. As can be seen by combining the embodiment 2 and the embodiment a1-a3, the abrasion performance of the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor is influenced the most by the Nb element, and the abrasion loss can be reduced by adding a proper amount of Nb element; as can be seen by combining the embodiment 2 and the embodiment b1-b3, the hardness of the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor is influenced the most by the Ti element, and the hardness can be increased by adding a proper amount of Ti element; as can be seen by combining the embodiment 2 and the embodiment c1-c3, the aging treatment has the greatest influence on the elongation at break of the high-entropy alloy coating for the middle groove of the coal mine scraper conveyor, and the gradient aging treatment can be adopted to increase the elongation at break and improve the toughness.
The present embodiment is merely illustrative of the present application and is not intended to be limiting, and those skilled in the art, after having read the present specification, may make modifications to the present embodiment without creative contribution as required, but is protected by patent laws within the scope of the claims of the present application.