Monday, March 12, 2018

Illustrations Relating To Tungsten Carbide Coatings

By Sarah Clark


Applying alloys to your equipment is very important, but some things have to be taken into consideration before the activity. For instance, the hardness, toughness, wear resistance, temperature resistance, edge retention, sharpness, corrosion resistance, are some of the things that you have to consider before using alloys like the Tungsten Carbide coatings.

There are also some factors that may affect their performance, and they include the kind of binder being used, size of grains, the amount of cobalt that you are using, the mixture of materials as well as that of the grain sizes and the manufacturing techniques among others. It is thus essential to do a thorough research on the materials before purchasing them.

The binder that is usually used is cobalt. Addition of cobalt makes the grade to be softer. Thus it becomes resistant to impact. If the amount of cobalt is less the material will have a better wear. However, it is the part which is hit hard; it will break very easily. This means that more cobalt makes the material harder but it will wear very fast.

The small grains usually make the materials not to wear fast while the larger sizes of grains make it to more resistance to impact. If the grains are small in size and they are fine, the tools become so hard. If the grains are large, places that are exposed to severe impact can be protected, for example, if the tool is used in mining and drilling of rocks.

The benefits of using this alloy are so many, one of them being their hardness. This alloy is mostly used in industries, and it is second to diamond regarding hardness. Therefore, most of the agricultural tools are covered with this alloy to make them last longer as well as increasing their performance by blazing them together.

This alloy tends to extend the lifespan of all the wearing parts thus reducing the cost of maintenance. The life of the materials is increased by the hardness that is brought about when the alloy is welded on to the wearing parts. This will prevent the metal from wearing faster thus increasing its life as well as reducing the cost of maintaining the materials.

In places that are environmentally sensitive, alloy comes in place to protect such. This is achieved by applying the alloy on the key areas thus preserving the shape and design of these tools giving them optimum performance. In the event a component is not welded using the alloy, the edges usually wear and become rounded. This makes the soil to smear and compress when the tool runs through it.

Once the soil is compressed, it can start loosening spoiling the key seedbed thus affecting the early emergence of crops. This can thus lead to poor yields. Therefore, it is essential to use this kind of alloy to protect the wearing parts of agricultural tools so that the soil can be preserved in turn.




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