Diffusion coating of a WC-Co cemented carbide system. Aluminizing and chromizing.

Chromizing-aluminizing and Chromizing-siliconizing Coating of a Ferritic Steel

Mechanical strength of ground WC-Co cemented carbides after coating deposition

Manufacturing of hardmetal tools often involves surface grinding, ion etching and final coating. Each stage throughout the manufacturing chain introduces surface integrity changes which may be critical for defining the final mechanical behavior of the coated tools. Within this context, an experimental test program has been developed to assess the influence of a coating (TiN) deposition on surfa...

FRACTURE AND FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF WC-Co AND WC-CoNi CEMENTED CARBIDES

The fracture and fatigue characteristics of several cemented carbide grades are investigated as a function of their microstructure. In doing so, the influence of binder chemical nature and content (Co and 76wt%Co-24wt%Ni), as well as carbide grain size on hardness, flexural strength, fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior is evaluated. Mechanical testing is combined with a d...

Reciprocating sliding friction and wear behavior of electrical discharge machined zirconia-based composites against WC–Co cemented carbide

a Department of Mechanical Construction and Production, Ghent University (UGent), IR04, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium b Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), MTM, Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 (bus 2450), B-3001 Leuven, Belgium c Department of Mechanical Engineering, Catholic University Leuven (K.U. Leuven), PMA, Celestijnenla...

Focused Ion Beam tomography of WC-Co cemented carbides

The microstructure of three different grades of WC-Co cemented carbides has been reconstructed in three dimensions after sequential images obtained by focused ion beam. The three-dimensional microstructual parameters are compared against the well-know two-dimensional parameters of grain size, phase percentages and mean free path. Results show good agreement with the exception of individual grai...