ELECTROARCMETALLIZATION-LIQUIDMETALLAYERBEHAVIORATELECTRODEENDFACES.docVIP

ELECTRO ARC METALLIZATION - LIQUID METAL LAYER BEHAVIOR AT ELECTRODE END FACES. Yu. Korobov, O. Ogorodnikova, D. Maltsev Urals State Technical University – УПИ, Russia Electro arc metallization (EAM) is more preferable spraying process in comparison with flame spraying and plasma spraying by its heat efficiency. It is 3 – 10 times higher than that one of the latter. But its difficult to form narrow metal flow in spite of high velocity and rate of gas flow. It leads to low material efficiency, so EAM expansion is restrained. Coating quality is strongly depended by processes at arc burning zone. Our calculations showed that 70 – 90 % of common oxygen reception takes place here [1]. At EAM electrode metal is fused at arc burning zone and transporting gas flow sprays it, fig. 1. F Fig. 1. Scheme of Electro Arc Metallization process. Liquid metal – electric arc interaction is considering widely at arc welding. But these investigations are not able to explain liquid metal behavior adequately at EAM It differs from arc welding by gas flow velocity, 250 – 1500 m/s at EAM against 10 – 30 m/s at arc welding. Besides, mutual location of cathode and anode is another. So process parameters are altering abruptly from EAM to arc welding: at EAM drop is detached from electrode face at less period, its size is decreased also. Detaching period ( = (10-1 – 10-2) s, drop size d = (1 – 3) mm at arc welding [2]. At EAM ( = (10-3 – 10-4) s, drop size d = (10 – 300)(10-6 mm, our experimental data. mutual electrode inclination causes special interaction of magnetic and electric fields of running current. both cathode and anode are electrodes at EAM. It means that detaching drops from one electrode dont achieve another Liquid metal behavior at electrode face is determined by following: EAM electric arc distinctive features. Arc column compression takes place because of pinch – effect. It leads to longitudinal pressure gradient. So plasma flows occur from less diameter places. According