Transferring mechanism of the coating rod in friction surfacing

A coating rod of 1Cr18Ni9Ti (321) was deposited on the substrate of mild steel 1020 to be able to perform a friction surfacing experiment. The temperature changes of special points on the coating rod were measured using a thermocouple. The results show that the temperature increase rate at the friction interface reached a high level at first. Then the rate decreased to a low level once the friction system became quasi-steady and the temperature became approximately stable near the melting point of the coating rod. The theory of contact melting was used to build the physical model for the quasi-liquid layer. Subsequently, the corresponding calculations were carried out. The computer simulation results are found to be consistent with the experiment results, and as such, the present study demonstrates the feasibility of applying contact melting theory to the study of friction surfacing. Likewise, this study reveals that the material at the top of the coating rod is plastic, and that it behaves as a quasi-liquid in the friction surfacing process. The study establishes the theory basis for the study of the mechanism of friction surfacing, and provides a new method for investigating other friction-welding techniques.