Thermal Spraying of MCrAlY Overlay Coating Using New Ethanol-Fueled HVOF Gun

Abstract:

The MCrAlY overlay coatings are widely used for high-temperature protection of hot section part of gas turbines and jet engines. This type of coatings are usually thermally sprayed using APS (Atmospheric Plasma Spraying), LPPS (Low Pressure Plasma Spraying) as well as HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel) methods. In present article the newly developed ethanol based HVOF gun was used for production of this type of coatings. The stainless steel 18-8 type was used as a base material. The AMDRY 386 (Oerlikon-Metco) NiCrAlY powder was used for coatings production. In the research different oxygen (400, 500, 600 NLPM) and ethanol (16.5, 18.3, 21.3, 23.6 and 26.6 dm³/h) flow ratio were selected for experimental processes. The powder feed ratio was also changed during process. After deposition the microstructural assessment using Scanning Electron Microscopy and chemical composition analysis using EDS method were conducted. The obtained results showed that coating was above 100 μm thick depending on the process parameters. The low concentration of pores and oxides was also observed on coatings cross-section. Using of ethanol HVOF gun enables to form good quality MCrAlY coatings with 50% reduction of oxygen consumption in comparison with conventional HP/HVOF torch using kerosene such as JP 5000. The other benefit of its using is lower CO₂ emission and lower concentration of carbon in coating in comparison with classic JP 5000 HVOF gun. The ethanol HVOF is a promising technology and might be considered as an replacement of LPPS and HVOF process for production of MCrAlY type of coatings.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 331)
• Pages: 139-144
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-v73821
• Online since: April 2022
• Authors: Marek Goral*, Tadeusz Kubaszek, Barbara Kościelniak
• Keywords: Corrosion, HVOF, MCrAlY Coatings, Oxidation

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