TY - JOUR
T1 - Heat treatment and quenching effects on wear of electroless nickel–phosphorous plating
AU - Shetty, Abhishek D.
AU - Shivamurthy, B.
AU - Thimmappa, B. H.S.
AU - Parmar, Yash
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors received no direct funding for this research. Gratitude is expressed to Mr. Kalpesh Parmar, Director Rimtex Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Plot No 2701, Phase IV, GIDC, Wadhawan District, Surendra Nagar, Gujarat, India, for technical and hospitality support during this project work.
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© 2021 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This work aims to evaluate the effect of post-heat treatment and quenching on the hardness, coating thickness, morphology, wear, and microstructure of the coatings made on steel travelers. The test result shows that all the quenched samples have similar hardness. Wear tests of the specimens show that Type-I oil quenched specimens have better wear resistance compared to other specimens. Atomic force microscope results reveal that Type-I oil-quenched travelers have a smoother surface than water and air-cooled travelers. Scanning electron microscope images show that the distribution of plating on the substrate is not uniform. After baking, the coating becomes uniform. However, some small voids are present in the coating due to improper surface activation before the plating process.
AB - This work aims to evaluate the effect of post-heat treatment and quenching on the hardness, coating thickness, morphology, wear, and microstructure of the coatings made on steel travelers. The test result shows that all the quenched samples have similar hardness. Wear tests of the specimens show that Type-I oil quenched specimens have better wear resistance compared to other specimens. Atomic force microscope results reveal that Type-I oil-quenched travelers have a smoother surface than water and air-cooled travelers. Scanning electron microscope images show that the distribution of plating on the substrate is not uniform. After baking, the coating becomes uniform. However, some small voids are present in the coating due to improper surface activation before the plating process.
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U2 - 10.1080/23311916.2021.1959009
DO - 10.1080/23311916.2021.1959009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112641321
SN - 2331-1916
VL - 8
JO - Cogent Engineering
JF - Cogent Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 1959009
ER -