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Comparison of the performance properties of commercially produced roller cone bit coatings Cover

Comparison of the performance properties of commercially produced roller cone bit coatings

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 41 (2023): Issue 1 (March 2023)
By: Sylwia Koczkodaj,  Jaroslaw Mizera,  Dorota Moszczynska,  Joanna Zdunek,  Magdalena Plocinska,  Jacek Szpyrka,  Marek Burkot and  Mateusz Szpak  
Open Access
|Aug 2023
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Fig 1.

Types of roller cone bits: (a) milled-tooth bits, (b) insert-tooth bits – Glinik Drilling Tools product catalog [2]

Fig. 2.

Different types of teeth and arms reinforcements [2]. The arrows mark the locations of the overlays

Fig. 3.

The samples submitted for testing by Glinik Drilling Tool: (a) gas welding; (b) plasma transferred arc welding

Fig. 4.

Cross-section of the coating made by the gas weld surfacing

Fig. 5.

Mapping of key elements of the gas weld surfacing layer

Fig. 6.

Spherical and polyhedral particles in the gas weld surfacing

Fig. 7.

SEM micrographs of overlay made by gas welding surface with EDS spot analysis

Fig. 8.

Cross-section of the coating made by the PTA weld surfacing

Fig. 9.

Mapping of key elements of the PTA weld surfacing layer

Fig. 10.

The microstructure of the coating is made by PTA weld surfacing with the distinction of three zones occurring in the layer

Fig. 11.

SEM micrographs of overlay made by PTA surface with EDS spot analysis

Fig. 12.

Results of XRD analyses on sample cross-section made by gas weld surfacing

Fig. 13.

Results of XRD analyses on sample cross-section made by PTA

Fig. 14.

Microhardness distribution on sample cross-section made by gas weld surfacing (0mm-joint)

Fig. 15.

Microhardness distribution on sample cross-section made by PTA weld surfacing (0mm-joint)

Fig. 16.

Comparison of the impact test results of samples made by Gas welding and PTA

Fig. 17.

Comparison of the relative abrasion resistance of samples made by gas welding and PTA

HV 0_1 microhardness measurements

Basis (steel)MatrixStrengthening phase
Gas Welding
average567.01028.21699.8
SD23.660.6245.4
PTA
average352.6714.23707.6
SD26.7162.4237.2

EDS spot analysis of the areas in Figure 7 (weight %)

C-KFe-KNi-KCo-LW-M
Base(8)_pt12.22.60.8 94.4
Base(8)_pt23.51.6 0.294.7
Base(8)_pt31.83.50.3 94.4
Base(8)_pt42.92.2 0.694.3

EDS spot analysis of the areas in Figure 11(weight %)

C-KCr-KFe-KNi-KW-L
Base(49)pt16.60.31.518.473.2
Base(49)_pt23.60.20.913.881.6
Base(49)_pt35.90.20.78.884.5
Base(49)_pt44.30.20.912.681.9
Base(49)_pt53.80.31.114.979.9
Base(49)_pt63.70.20.916.079.2
Base(49)_pt75.4 0.1 94.3
Base(49)_pt85.4 0.2 88.9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2023-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 110 - 123
Submitted on: Apr 13, 2023
Accepted on: May 29, 2023
Published on: Aug 4, 2023
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
roller cone bit,
carbide coating,
mechanical properties,
gas welding,
plasma transferred arc welding
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

© 2023 Sylwia Koczkodaj, Jaroslaw Mizera, Dorota Moszczynska, Joanna Zdunek, Magdalena Plocinska, Jacek Szpyrka, Marek Burkot, Mateusz Szpak, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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