Dureza ao riscamento e coeficiente de atrito de revestimentos de Inconel 625 depositados pelo processo TIG alimentado com duplo arame aquecido

Abstract

As well drilling technology has developed in recent years, exploring ever greater depths, the effects of wear and corrosion have increased proportionately. One way to make deep-water exploration feasible is to coat lower-cost steel alloys with special alloys of better properties, such as the Inconel® 625 alloy. The welding parameters used for deposition of layers on the substrate directly influence the quality and properties of these coatings. The objective of this work was to determine the influence of the main welding variables on the hardness to scratch and surface friction coefficient originated after the deposition of weld beads for coating. The GTAW welding technique was automatically fed with double heated wire. The variables studied were: Welding Current; Welding Speed; Current for Heating the Addition Material; Feed Speed of Addition Material and Shielding Gas Composition. Design of Experiments (DoE) technique was applied, central composite, of 05 factors, totalizing 32 conditions, each corresponding to weld beads deposited with different sets of variables. The beads were subjected to the scratch test, where the scar area and the surface friction coefficient were measured. The scratches were analyzed in tribometer to obtain the topography in 3D, and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The analysis of the influence of the welding variables on the scar area and the friction coefficient was performed by the response surface methodology (RSM). First and second order mathematical models were obtained, correlating the welding variables to the scar area and the surface friction coefficient. Surfaces that correlate variables with responses were also generated. It was observed that the variables of main influence on the scar area are the welding speed, wire current and welding gas, and that the wire feed speed has a strong influence when related to the other process variables. For the coefficient of friction, the factors of greater influence were the correlations among the variables, mainly the welding current.