Development of resource efficient manufacturing process to produce sustainable hardmetal powders for laser Directed Energy Deposition

开发资源高效的制造工艺，生产用于激光定向能量沉积的可持续硬质合金粉末

• 批准号: 10072446
• 金额: $ 6.29万
• 依托单位: POWDERLOOP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10072446
• 关键词: Development; resource; efficient; manufacturing; process

The application of a hardfacing coating to the surface of a component is a common industrial process used to enhance wear, thermal and corrosion resistance. Typical hardfacings processes including thermal spraying and electroplating, and more recently Laser Directed Energy Deposition (DED).The proposed project will develop a new, resource efficient hardmetal powder manufacturing technology and associated hardmetal powders, designed specifically for DED. The 6-months project will remove wasteful and expensive manufacturing stages from conventional hardmetal powder manufacturing. By combining the new materials and DED into a coating manufacturing methodology, significant hurdles and limitations related to carbide decarburisation, coating life, process cost effectiveness, rapid design and testing of new material solutions can be overcome.The project outcomes, while focusing on the DED hardfacings, can be applied to other additive manufacturing and powder metallurgy processes that require high wear resistance and low friction, for both primary manufacturing and repairs. Success in the project will provide disruptive solutions for the hardfacings community and drive the multi-billion-pound MRO sector towards greener and sustainable coatings.

在组件表面上涂上硬涂层是一种常见的工业过程，用于增强磨损，热和腐蚀性。典型的硬性过程，包括热喷涂和电镀，以及最近激光定向的能量沉积（DED）。拟议的项目将开发一种专门为DED设计的新的，有效资源的硬质粉末制造技术和相关的硬质粉末。这个六个月的项目将从传统的硬质粉末制造中删除浪费且昂贵的制造阶段。通过将新材料结合在一起并将其组合成涂料制造方法，可以克服与碳化物脱铲，涂层，涂料，过程成本效益，快速设计和新材料解决方案的测试相关的重大障碍和局限性，同时，将重点放在DED硬化上的项目成果，可以将其用于其他添加剂制造和粉末材料的耐磨性和较低的耐磨性，并将其用于较低的耐磨性。该项目的成功将为硬性社区提供破坏性的解决方案，并将数十亿英镑的MRO部门推向更绿色和可持续的涂料。