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DOI of Article 10.37434/as2025.06.03

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"Avtomatychne Zvaryuvannya" (Automatic Welding), #6, 2024, pp. 18-29

The influence of tungsten carbide on the structure and properties of wear-resistant coatings produced by various methods (Review)

B.V. Stefaniv, S.V. Maksymova

E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute of the NAS of Ukraine 11 Kazymyr Malevych Str., 03150, Kyiv, Ukraine. Е-mail: stefanivbogdan61@gmail.com

Surface coating with wear-resistant materials is a reliable and cost-effective process used for the manufacture and repair of tools, materials and machine components that require desirable surface properties such as resistance to corrosion, erosion and wear. Wear-resistant coatings cover a wide range of applications in many industries, for example, in automotive and aerospace, oil and mining (as components of drill bits or tunneling machines), in the manufacture of cutting tools for processing metal components. This review presents the main types of wear-resistant coatings based on Co, Ni, Fe, Cu, Cr, NiCrBSi, NiCrBSiFe and others with 10% to 90 % tungsten carbide particles in the matrix. By changing the phase composition and surface structure of the material by forming protective coatings, it is possible to achieve a significant increase in operational properties, such as hardness, strength, wear resistance, heat resistance, corrosion resistance, etc. In both wear-resistant coatings and hard alloys, of the three specified carbide phases in the W–C system, namely WC, W2C and WC1-Х, WC is the only stable carbide at room temperature, and it is the phase that must be present in wear-resistant coatings in order to obtain optimal properties. Given the rapid development of wear-resistant coatings, this article provides an overview of the main types of wear-resistant abrasive coatings, application methods and their properties. The results of the above studies may be useful for scientists and engineering staff of enterprises engaged in improving the operational properties of structures for various purposes. 22 Ref., 7 Tabl., 18 Fig.
Keywords: wear-resistant, composite coatings, tungsten carbide, wear, wear resistance, abrasion resistance, surfacing, microstructure, hardness


Received: 13.05.2025
Received in revised form: 04.08.2025
Accepted: 08.10.2025.

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