EP0668375A1 - Verfahren zur Herstellung galvanischer Dispersionsüberzüge von Hartchrom sowie auf diese Weise hergestellte verschleissfeste Überzüge - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for forming, on a substrate, a composite hard chromium coating comprising a disperse phase consisting of nonmetal particles; and to a wear-resistant coating formed using such a process and particularly suitable for mechanical components subjected to high-temperature chafing, such as internal combustion engine piston rings and components.
- US Patent n. 4,846,940 relates to galvanic hard chromium coatings characterized by a Cr matrix with a large number of micro- and macrocracks combined with a disperse phase, in the matrix, consisting of hard particles embedded in the micro- and macrocracks of the matrix.
- Such coatings are formed by means of a galvanic electrodeposition process characterized by comprising a current inversion step, i.e. by alternately switching the substrate from cathode to anode potential and vice versa.
- Such coatings present a small amount of incorporated hydrogen, a large number of even relatively large cracks, and a large number of particle inclusions in the cracks, which make them highly susceptible to corrosion. Moreover, depositing the coating by inverting the polarity of the electrodes poses practical problems which complicate the fabrication process.
- a process for forming, on a substrate, a composite hard chromium coating comprising a disperse phase and particularly suitable for mechanical components subjected to high-temperature chafing comprising the step of galvanically depositing at least one layer of hard chromium in a chromium plating bath of the type forming microcracks and in which is dispersed in suspension a predetermined concentration of given sized particles of a nonmetal insoluble in the bath;
- a pulsating cathode current varying cyclically in time between a minimum and maximum value, is supplied to achieve a chromium layer comprising a matrix with microcracks of a given distribution, and a disperse phase consisting of said nonmetal particles, some of which are included in the microcracks, and some of which are directly embedded in the matrix.
- This provides for achieving a so-called "disperse chromium" coating comprising a Cr matrix containing dispersing agents, which is extremely hard (over 1,000 Vickers), includes dispersing agents in the form of nonmetal particles of hard materials such as oxides, carbides and nitrides of very low thermal conductivity and high thermal stability, and which, combined with a low hydrogen content, presents a high degree of thermal stability characterized by a reduced loss in hardness alongside an increase in temperature, and a small amount of incorporated hydrogen in the Cr matrix.
- variation of the cathode current may be achieved easily using known facilities, and fully automatically by means of appropriate programming, thus enabling troublefree, low-cost formation of the coating according to the present invention.
- the above deposition step is preferably preceded by the step of depositing on the substrate a continuous hard chromium base layer with substantially no microcracks or porosity, which covers the whole of the substrate, and which is formed, preferably to a thickness of roughly 50 /1.m, by galvanically depositing chromium in a chromium plating bath of the type forming no microcracks and containing no particles in suspension.
- a number of said "disperse" layers comprising a microcracked Cr matrix and including hard particles are then deposited successively on the continuous base layer.
- the substrate-coating interface thus presents a fairly thick layer (in relation to the total thickness of the coating, which is roughly 500 /1.m) with absolutely no cracks or dispersing agent particles (at least none detectable by standard metallographic techniques), and which prevents the microcracks in the upper layers of the coating from propagating towards the substrate, thus ensuring absolute protection of the substrate and greatly enhancing the corrosion resistance of both the substrate and the coating.
- the cathode current is supplied according to a cycle comprising the following steps:
- the cathode current is varied in a square wave pattern; and in said first and third steps, it is varied in steps.
- the "disperse chromium" layers are therefore formed with the microcracks of one layer offset, depthwise of the coating, in relation to those of the adjacent "disperse” layers, so that any depthwise propagation of the microcracks in one layer (due to mechanical stress in the layer) is prevented from being transmitted to those of the adjacent underlying layer, thus preventing the formation of macrocracks as in galvanic Cr coatings formed using known processes.
- This provides for obtaining a much more stable coating, and for further improving the corrosion resistance of the substrate, without, however, affecting the in-service lubricant collecting and distribution function of the microcracks.
- nonmetal dispersing agent particles substantially consisting of oxides (e.g. aluminium oxide - A1 2 0 3 ) and/or carbides (tungsten, chromium, silicon, boron) and/or nitrides (silicon, boron), i.e. extremely hard compounds, and both included inside the microcracks and embedded directly in the chromium matrix, provides for obtaining a coating which is extremely resistant to wear caused by abrasion or adhesion typical of high-temperature, mutually sliding metal surfaces.
- oxides e.g. aluminium oxide - A1 2 0 3
- carbides tungsten, chromium, silicon, boron
- nitrides silicon, boron
- the coating according to the present invention therefore comprises a layer comprising a microcracked hard chromium matrix and a disperse phase, in the matrix, consisting of a number of particles of a nonmetal material, and is characterized by a first number of said particles being included in the microcracks of the matrix, and by a second number of said particles being embedded directly in parts of the matrix with no microcracks.
- the wear-resistant coating according to the present invention comprises a first hard chromium layer with substantially no microcracks or porosity and without said particles; and, deposited on the first layer, a number of said layers comprising a microcracked matrix and a disperse phase consisting of said particles; the first layer presenting a thickness of at least 50 /1.m; the superimposed layers, deposited on the first layer, presenting the microcracks offset depthwise in relation to those of the adjacent layers; the width of the microcracks, measured parallel to the layer, being at least 1 ⁇ m; the density of the microcracks ranging from 100 to 300 per centimeter; and the size of the nonmetal particles embedded in the matrix ranging from 0.1 to 20 /1.m.
- cylinder liners such as the piston rings of four- and two-stroke engines or piston pumps
- the cylinder liners are normally made of lamellar, nodular or vermicular cast iron, either natural or hardened (e.g. laser quenched) or nitrided (e.g. using the TENIFER (registered trade mark) process or similar), or present surfaces with hot spray coatings such as FK1008 formed using the HVOF process (both registered trade marks).
- Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates a wear-resistant coating formed according to the present invention on a substrate 2, e.g. any known mechanical component made of cast iron.
- Coating 1 comprises a first layer 3, preferably no more than 50 /1.m deep, formed of hard Cr, and characterized by being continuous, i.e. by presenting no detectable microcracks or porosity, and no inclusions of any sort.
- layer 3 On top of layer 3, there are deposited a given number (four in the example) of substantially identical layers 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, each comprising a hard chromium matrix 6 in which are formed a number of microcracks 7 extending radially depthwise of layer 5 towards substrate 2, and a disperse phase in matrix 6 and consisting of a number of particles 8 of any hard nonmetal material.
- a first number of particles 8 is included in microcracks 7 of matrix 6, and a second number of particles 8 is embedded directly inside parts of matrix 6 with no microcracks 7; and the microcracks 7 of layers 5 deposited on first layer 3 are offset depthwise in relation to those of the adjacent layers 5.
- microcracks 7 of layer 5b extend depthwise towards underlying layer 5a and substantially towards the portions between microcracks 7 of layer 5a, i.e. towards matrix 6 portions of layer 5a presenting no microcracks.
- the microcracks 7 of each layer 5 present a "spiderweb" pattern along the interface surface 9 of each layer 5, as shown in Figure 5.
- the width of the microcracks, measured parallel to each layer 5, is at least 1 ⁇ m; the microcrack density measured at surfaces 9 ranges from 100 to 300 microcracks per centimeter of surface; and the size of nonmetal particles 8 ranges from 0.1 to 20 /1.m.
- a coating as described above may be formed electrolytically; layer 3 being formed by galvanically depositing Cr in known manner using any known chromium plating bath of the type resulting in no microcracks and containing no particles in suspension, or operating accordingly with a bath containing particles in suspension; and layers 5 being formed using known chromium plating baths of the type for forming microcracks and containing particles 8 in suspension.
- a further precaution to ensure layer 3 presents no microcracks is to limit its thickness, and to use such operating parameters (current cycles and density, etc.) as to limit the formation of stress within the layer due to excessive energy supply.
- the baths for forming layers 5 and containing particles 8 in suspension are preferably agitated at all times, e.g. by means of mechanical, fluidodynamics, energetic agitators, or by air injection.
- the nonmetal particles 8 included in the coating must be insoluble in the baths which present a chromic acid, sulphuric acid and catalyst base, are maintained at a temperature of about 55 ° C, and present a 20 to 400 gr/liter concentration of particles 8 (ranging in size between 0.1 and 20 micron).
- Particles 8 therefore consist of one or more materials in the group comprising: tungsten carbide, silicon carbide, chromium carbide, aluminium oxide, silicon nitride, boron carbide, diamond, graphite, hexagonal boron nitride.
- Each layer 5 may of course include particles 8 all of the same material or of different materials, and likewise from one layer to another.
- the cathode current supply cycle comprises the following steps:
- Lead anodes and a cathode consisting of rings of lamellar cast iron are immersed in the bath, and a chromium coating is deposited, agitating the bath by recirculating roughly 300 It/min and injecting air at roughly 5 bar pressure, and operating with a potential difference of 15 volts and a continuous cathode current of a mean density of 70 A per square decimeter, which is varied during deposition according to the following cycle:
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