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  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,397 Views
21 Pages

Nickel-based Ni-Cr-Si-B self-fluxing alloys are excellent candidates to replace cobalt-based alloys in aeronautical components. In this work, metal additive manufacturing by directed energy deposition using a laser beam (DED-LB, also known as LMD) an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,451 Views
27 Pages

15 October 2020

In investigating thermally sprayed Ni-based self-fluxing alloy coatings, widely applied under conditions of wear, corrosion, and high temperatures, designed experiments and statistical methods as a basis for modeling and optimization have become an i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,778 Views
16 Pages

Wear Resistance Design of Laser Cladding Ni-Based Self-Fluxing Alloy Coating Using Machine Learning

  • Jiabo Fu,
  • Quanling Yang,
  • Oleg Devojno,
  • Marharyta Kardapolava,
  • Iryna Kasiakova and
  • Chenchong Wang

19 November 2024

To improve the collaborative design of laser cladding Ni-based self-fluxing alloy (SFA) wear-resistant coatings, machine learning methods were applied. A comprehensive database was constructed from the literature, linking alloy composition, processin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,384 Views
23 Pages

Chemical Composition Effects on the Microstructure and Hot Hardness of NiCrSiFeB Self-Fluxing Alloys Manufactured via Gravity Casting

  • Andrea Niklas,
  • Fernando Santos,
  • David Garcia,
  • Mikel Rouco,
  • Rodolfo González-Martínez,
  • Juan Carlos Pereira,
  • Emilio Rayón,
  • Patricia Lopez and
  • Gaylord Guillonneau

Ni-Cr-Si-Fe-B self-fluxing alloys are commonly used in hardfacing applications; in addition, they are subjected to conditions of wear, corrosion, and high temperatures, but are not used in casting applications. In this work, gravity casting is presen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,189 Views
12 Pages

13 December 2024

To enhance the operational life of hydraulic machinery, protective coatings against wear, particularly cavitation erosion, and corrosion might be applied on the surfaces of components. The experiments conducted in this study aimed to assess the suita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,749 Views
12 Pages

24 July 2023

Without proper post-processing (often using flame, furnace, laser remelting, and induction) or reinforcements’ addition, Ni-based flame-sprayed coatings generally manifest moderate adhesion to the substrate, high porosity, unmelted particles, u...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,177 Views
16 Pages

28 April 2025

In this study, NiCrBSi composite coatings reinforced with 5–15 wt.% TiC particles were prepared using laser cladding to investigate the influence of the TiC content and laser beam power on the coatings’ quality, structure, and properties....

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,835 Views
10 Pages

18 April 2022

Flame-sprayed NiCrBSi/WC-12Co composite coatings were deposited in different ratios on the surface of stainless steel. Oxyacetylene flame remelting treatment was applied to surfaces for refinement of the morphology of the layers and improvement of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
488 Views
20 Pages

Study of the Tribological Properties of Self-Fluxing Nickel-Based Coatings Obtained by Gas-Flame Spraying

  • Dastan Buitkenov,
  • Nurmakhanbet Raisov,
  • Temirlan Alimbekuly and
  • Balym Alibekova

30 September 2025

Self-fluxing Ni-based coatings (NiCrFeBSiC) were deposited through gas-flame spraying and evaluated in three conditions: as-sprayed, flame-remelted, and furnace-heat-treated (1025 °C/5 min). Phase analysis (XRD) revealed FeNi3 together with stren...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,107 Views
14 Pages

Wear Resistance Evaluation of Self-Fluxing Nickel-Based Coating Deposited on AISI 4340 Steel by Atmospheric Plasma Spray

  • Francisco C. Monção,
  • Felipe R. Caliari,
  • Filipe E. Freitas,
  • Antônio A. Couto,
  • Arnaldo Augusto,
  • Carlos R. C. Lima and
  • Marcos Massi

30 April 2024

Materials with enhanced wear resistance are constantly in high demand. Nickel-based self-fluxing materials deposited by atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) have feasible wear resistance performance. This study aimed to evaluate the results of a nickel-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,370 Views
13 Pages

Creep of High-Strength Steel Coated with Plasma Sprayed Self-Fluxing Alloy

  • Denison A. Moraes,
  • Gisele F. C. Almeida,
  • Antonio A. Couto,
  • Marcos Massi,
  • Felipe R. Caliari and
  • Carlos R. C. Lima

14 April 2023

This article compares the creep testing behavior of AISI 4340 high-strength steel in the as-received and coated conditions. The coating material used was a NiCrBSi self-fluxing alloy. The microstructural characterization was carried out using optical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,252 Views
18 Pages

Oscillating Laser Post-Processing of NiCrCoFeCBSi/WC Thermally Sprayed Coatings

  • Olegas Černašėjus,
  • Jelena Škamat,
  • Živilė Čepukė,
  • Gulnara Zhetessova,
  • Tatyana Nikonova,
  • Olga Zharkevich,
  • Nikolaj Višniakov and
  • Alexandra Berg

14 November 2022

In the present experimental study, the transverse oscillating laser beam technique was applied for the post-melting of metal matrix composite coatings, thermally sprayed with nickel-based self-fluxing NiCrCoFeCBSi alloy and 40 wt.% WC, to improve the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,314 Views
19 Pages

To improve the tribological properties of a potato digging shovel (PDS), Ni65-based coatings with rare earth oxides additions were fabricated on 65Mn# steel via High-Velocity Oxygen-Fuel (HVOF) flame spraying, the effect of macroscopic surface shape...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,854 Views
11 Pages

Investigation into the Performance of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Wire Reinforced Sn-Bi Self-Healing Metal Matrix Composite

  • Nathan Salowitz,
  • Shobhit Misra,
  • Muhammad Istiaque Haider,
  • Marco Povolo and
  • Pradeep Rohatgi

19 April 2022

Self-healing materials have the potential to create a paradigm shift in the life cycle design of engineered structures, by changing the relation between material damage and structural failure, affecting structures’ lifetime, safety, and reliabi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,011 Views
18 Pages

PTA-Welded Coatings with Saturation Magnetization above 1.3 T Using FeCrBSi Powders with Chemical Composition Similar to AISI 430 Ferrite Stainless Steel

  • Yingqing Fu,
  • Haiming Wang,
  • Wenhao Huang,
  • Zhoujian Pan,
  • Changhao Liu,
  • Lei Zhao,
  • Chao Li,
  • Liangyu Zhu and
  • Naibao Huang

Fe-Cr-based soft magnetic alloy (SMA) monolayer coatings with high saturation magnetization (Ms) above 1.3 T were deposited onto AISI 1010 substrate by co-axial powder feeding plasma transferred arc (PTA) welding, using FeCrBSi self-fluxing powders F...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,942 Views
11 Pages

Multicomponent Fe-Based Bulk Metallic Glasses with Excellent Corrosion and Wear Resistances

  • Guan Zhang,
  • Wenlei Sun,
  • Lei Xie,
  • Chengwu Zhang,
  • Jie Tan,
  • Xuan Peng,
  • Qiang Li,
  • Xu Ma,
  • Dongmei Zhao and
  • Jiangtong Yu

27 March 2022

In this study, new multicomponent Fe54M5Cr15Mo6Si2B4P10C4 (M = Fe, Co, and Ni, denoted as Fe59, Fe54Co5, and Fe54Ni5, respectively) bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with excellent corrosion and wear resistances were synthesized using the J-quenching tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
6,693 Views
14 Pages

11 June 2020

Airborne wear particle emission has been investigated in a pin-on-disc tribometer equipped with particle analysis equipment. The pins are cut out from commercial powder metallurgy automotive brake pads as with and without copper content. The discs ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
828 Views
30 Pages

10 May 2025

This work demonstrates the possibility of creating effective composite coatings with a complex structure and phase composition on carbon steel C45 via electrospark deposition (ESD) with multicomponent electrodes with a bonding mass composition of Co-...