Os metais duros constituem um grupo de materiais conhecidos como compósitos sinterizados que associam fases duras (carbetos), com uma fase metálica, sendo amplamente utilizados em aplicações em que se deseja elevada dureza e resistência ao desgaste, aliada à alta tenacidade. Neste trabalho apresentam-se os resultados da adição de 1% em peso dos elementos Nb, Ti, Cr e Mo na microestrutura do metal duro a partir de um compósito comercial de WC-6Co. A este compósito foi adicionado 1,5% (em peso) de estearato de zinco como lubrificante e sinterizados na temperatura de 1450 °C numa atmosfera de Argônio. Com o objetivo de analisar a eficiência do produto, realizou-se a caracterização microestrutural por meio dos ensaios de densidade à verde, da contração volumétrica, da densidade da sinterização, da microestrutura e da microdureza. / Hard metals are a group of materials known as sintered composites, that join hard phases (carbides) and a tough metallic phase, being widely used in applications where high hardness and wear resistance combined with high toughness are necessary. This work presents the results of addition of 1% (wt %) of the elements Nb, Ti, Cr and Mo on the microstructure of the WC-6Co commercial composite. 1,5% (wt %) zinc stearate was added as a lubricant and the samples were sintered at 1450 ºC under an argon atmosphere. The samples obtained were characterized using green density, shrinkage, sintered density and microhardness tests as well as microstructural analysis.

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo o estudo das propriedades mecânicas do metal duro nas composições WC-6Co, WC-10Co, WC-20Co, WC-6Co-6Ni, WC-6Co-12Ni, obtidos por metalurgia do pó convencional para aplicação em anéis de selos mecânicos. Estes compósitos foram obtidos a partir de uma composição comercial de WC-6Co, e adicionado cobalto e níquel para realização do balanço de massa. Determinou-se um procedimento de obtenção das composições, através de cálculos de balanceamento adicionando-se a quantidade de cobalto e níquel necessária para transformar um compósito comercial 94WC-6Co nos metais duros mencionados. Após este procedimento adicionou-se 1,5% de lubrificante, em um misturador em “Y”. Analisou-se no Microscópio eletrônico de varredura a homogeneidade das composições. Determinou-se a densidade aparente, a curva de compressibilidade e compactaram-se as amostras de metal duro obtendo-se as densidades a verde. Realizou-se a pré-sinterização e determinaram-se as densidades das peças présinterizadas, executou-se ensaio de compressão e obtiveram-se parâmetros de usinagem na operação de faceamento e furação dos corpos de prova pré-sinterizados. A sinterização foi realizada em diversas vezes, nos dois fornos resistivos e em três atmosferas de controle diferentes. Determinaram-se curvas rápidas de sinterização e utilizou as temperaturas de 1360, 1400, 1420, e 1450ºC para as várias composições de metal duro. Para analisar-se a eficiência da mistura foi realizado ensaio de densidade das amostras sinterizadas, dureza, microdureza, metalografia, micrografia, EDS, contração linear e contração volumétrica e compressão. Após a caracterização dos materiais foi projetado e fabricado um ferramental de compactação. Compactou-se, sinterizou-se e retificou-se um anel de selo mecânico. / The aim of this work is to characterize to study the mechanical properties of carbide in the composition WC-6Co, WC-10Co, WC-20Co, WC-6Co-6Ni, WC-6Co-12Ni obtained by conventional powder metallurgy for application to rings of mechanical seals. These composites were obtained from a commercial composition of WC-6Co, and added cobalt and nickel to perform the mass balance. It was determined a procedure for obtaining the compositions, by calculation of balancing resulting in the amount of cobalt and nickel needed to transform a composite commercial 94WC-6Co in hard metals mentioned. After this procedure was added to 1.5% of lubricant, in a blender "Y". Analyzed in a scanning electron microscope the homogeneity of the compositions. It was determined the density, the compressibility curve and compress the samples carbide yielding green densities. We calculated the pre-sintering and determined the densities of pre-sintered parts, performed in compression test and it was obtained machining parameters in milling operation and drilling of the specimens pre-sintered. The sintering was performed at various times in the two resistive furnaces and atmospheres in three different control. Were determined fast corners and used sintering temperatures of 1360, 1400, 1420, and 1450 º C for various compositions of carbide. To analyze the efficiency of mixing was performed to test the samples sintered density, hardness, hardness, metallography, electron micrograph, EDS, linear and volumetric shrinkage and compression. After the characterization of materials was designed and manufactured tools of compaction, compacted, sintered and ground a ring of mechanical seal.

Os metais duros constituem um grupo de materiais conhecidos como compósitos sinterizados que associam fases duras (carbetos), com uma fase metálica, sendo amplamente utilizados em aplicações em que se deseja elevada dureza e resistência ao desgaste, aliada à alta tenacidade. Neste trabalho apresentam-se os resultados da adição de 1% em peso dos elementos Nb, Ti, Cr e Mo na microestrutura do metal duro a partir de um compósito comercial de WC-6Co. A este compósito foi adicionado 1,5% (em peso) de estearato de zinco como lubrificante e sinterizados na temperatura de 1450 °C numa atmosfera de Argônio. Com o objetivo de analisar a eficiência do produto, realizou-se a caracterização microestrutural por meio dos ensaios de densidade à verde, da contração volumétrica, da densidade da sinterização, da microestrutura e da microdureza. / Hard metals are a group of materials known as sintered composites, that join hard phases (carbides) and a tough metallic phase, being widely used in applications where high hardness and wear resistance combined with high toughness are necessary. This work presents the results of addition of 1% (wt %) of the elements Nb, Ti, Cr and Mo on the microstructure of the WC-6Co commercial composite. 1,5% (wt %) zinc stearate was added as a lubricant and the samples were sintered at 1450 ºC under an argon atmosphere. The samples obtained were characterized using green density, shrinkage, sintered density and microhardness tests as well as microstructural analysis.

Orientador: Marcos Valerio Ribeiro / Resumo: The development of new materials is extremely important, due to the need to obtain materials with good properties and low cost. There is a continuing need to improve tools for machining materials that have high strength at elevated temperatures that meet the vermicular cast iron. Small advances in the development of new tools could mean important aspects in the field of machining, in addition to making the market more competitive. The set of production and application of ceramic cutting tools in the machining processes of vermicular cast iron (GJV450) needs further advances, being an object of great industrial interest. In this context, the present work determined the best application condition of the ceramic tools based on Alumina (Al2O3), doped with magnesium oxide (MgO) on a laboratory scale, in the machining without cutting fluid of the vermicular iron class GJV450 in comparison with a commercial carbide tool coated with alumina, based on the need for machining vermicular cast iron in industries and foundries. For turning vermicular cast iron with a ceramic tool, the parameters used were cutting speeds of 300-350-400-450-500-550-600-650 m / min; feed of 0.1-0.3 mm / rev and machining depth of 0.5 -1.0 mm and for the carbide tool, cutting speeds of 150-250-350-450 m / min; feed rate of 0.1-0.3 mm / rev and machining depth of 0.5 -1.0 mm. The previously defined input variables (Vc, f, ap), were correlated with the output variables such as roughness (Ra and Rt), power, acous... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Doutor

The purpose of this study was to evaluate four different measuring methods as potentialquality control tests for Tungsten Carbide (WC) raw material used in the hard metalmanufacturing at Seco Tools Fagersta. This was warranted as the current quality testcalled the HcK test, is very time consuming and the results provided that are used formilling time calculations cannot be relied on. The four measuring methods chosen wasLaser diffraction, X-Ray diffraction, Brunauer Emmett Teller analysis and Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer measurement. These measuring techniques were chosen by Seco ToolsThe project followed the general structure of the project cycle modified to fit the projectand involving the steps project planning, present state analysis, goals and requirementdetermination, evaluation elimination of options and final of choice of option. Thealternative methods were evaluated using an evaluation matrix containing therequirements determined to be the most relevant for the quality control process. Therequirements were measurement precision, operator influence, ease of use, time requiredand operator time required. The ability of the measurement method to distinguishbetween all of the different WC powders used a Seco Tools was put as a must requirementas the new method is meant to serve as a verification test as well as a quality test.The analysis methods were evaluated practically through experiments and therefore atesting strategy was established. Initial test on two powder types was performed so thatan early evaluation could be done. During this stage both the Laser diffraction and the XRaydiffraction were eliminated due to poor results. The BET analysis and the Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer performed better and was therefore tested further. Randomized testing wasthe method chosen when testing with all powders to minimize the environmental impacton the testing as this could affect the results of the study.The testing showed that only the Fisher SSS was able to distinguish between all thedifferent powders making it the only viable option as a new quality test. This was onlypossible when measuring on agglomerated material and the values extracted couldtherefore not be used further in the production. The Fisher SSS also performed the bestwhen ranked against the rest of the requirements, showing a high precision whenmeasuring on deagglomerated material and a combination of the two tests was thereforeconsidered.When compared to the HcK test the Fisher SSS showed a significant reduction in lead timebut also a reduction in information gathered and eventual defects controlled. The FisherSSS provides only an average particle size measurement and since no correlation has yetbeen established between the measured particle size and the required milling times it wasrecommended that the HcK test remains.It was recommended that a study is started aimed at establishing a correlation betweenthe measured particle size and the required milling time is started to investigate if this ispossible.

Thema dieser Arbeit ist eine experimentelle Untersuchung zur Verbesserung der tribologischen Eigenschaften von Hartmetallen auf der Basis von Wolframkarbid– Kobalt unter Benutzung von Ionen–Implantation in Kombination mit den hierbei auftretenden Struktur– und Phasen–Änderungen. Die vorliegende Arbeit unterscheidet sich von allen anderen bisherigen Arbeiten besonders durch (1.) die detaillierte Analyse der mikroskopischen Veränderungen und durch (2.) deren Verknüpfung mit der Änderung der tribologischen Eigenschaften des Materials.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EzequiasME_TESE.pdf: 4077046 bytes, checksum: 10fbafe209b02444fb805640364b456c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-22 / This work focuses on the creation and applications of a dynamic simulation software in order to study the hard metal structure (WC-Co). The technological ground used to increase the GPU hardware capacity was Geforce 9600 GT along with the PhysX chip created to make games more realistic. The software simulates the three-dimensional carbide structure to the shape of a cubic box where tungsten carbide (WC) are modeled as triangular prisms and truncated triangular prisms. The program was proven effective regarding checking testes, ranging from calculations of parameter measures such as the capacity to increase the number of particles simulated dynamically. It was possible to make an investigation of both the mean parameters and distributions stereological parameters used to characterize the carbide structure through cutting plans. Grounded on the cutting plans concerning the analyzed structures, we have investigated the linear intercepts, the intercepts to the area, and the perimeter section of the intercepted grains as well as the binder phase to the structure by calculating the mean value and distribution of the free path. As literature shows almost consensually that the distribution of the linear intercepts is lognormal, this suggests that the grain distribution is also lognormal. Thus, a routine was developed regarding the program which made possible a more detailed research on this issue. We have observed that it is possible, under certain values for the parameters which define the shape and size of the Prismatic grain to find out the distribution to the linear intercepts that approach the lognormal shape. Regarding a number of developed simulations, we have observed that the distribution curves of the linear and area intercepts as well as the perimeter section are consistent with studies on static computer simulation to these parameters. / Este trabalho versa sobre a cria??o e as aplica??es de um software de simula??o din?mica para estudo da estrutura do metal duro (WC-Co). A base tecnol?gica utilizada para amplia??o da capacidade de hardware foi a GPU Geforce 9600 GT com o chip Physx criada com o prop?sito de dar mais realismo aos jogos eletr?nicos. O software simula a estrutura tridimensional do metal duro com o formato de uma caixa c?bica onde os carbetos de tungst?nio (WC) s?o modelados como prismas triangulares e prismas triangulares truncados. O programa se mostrou eficiente em testes de verifica??o, desde c?lculos de medidas de par?metros como na capacidade de amplia??o do n?mero de part?culas simuladas dinamicamente. Foi poss?vel fazer uma investiga??o de par?metros m?dios e de distribui??es de par?metros estereol?gicos utilizados para caracterizar a estrutura do metal duro atrav?s de planos de cortes. Nos planos de cortes das estruturas analisadas foram investigados os interceptos lineares, intercepto de ?rea e per?metro de se??o dos gr?os interceptados e a fase ligante da estrutura atrav?s do c?lculo do valor m?dio e da distribui??o do livre caminho. Como a literatura ? quase consensual que a distribui??o dos interceptos lineares ? lognormal e que isso sugere que a distribui??o dos gr?os na estrutura tamb?m seja lognormal, foi desenvolvida uma rotina no programa, que possibilitou uma investiga??o mais detalhada dessa quest?o. Foi observado que ? poss?vel, sob certos valores para os par?metros que definem o formato e tamanho do gr?o prism?tico, encontrar distribui??o de interceptos lineares que se aproximam do formato lognormal. Nas v?rias simula??es desenvolvidas foi verificado que as curvas de distribui??es de interceptos lineares, de ?rea e per?metro de se??o, est?o de acordo com trabalhos na literatura de simula??o computacional est?tica desses par?metros.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 GislaineBP.pdf: 2931348 bytes, checksum: a3914c6b0349281b46081bda792536cc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-19 / Hard metals are the composite developed in 1923 by Karl Schr?ter, with wide application because high hardness, wear resistance and toughness. It is compound by a brittle phase WC and a ductile phase Co. Mechanical properties of hardmetals are strongly dependent on the microstructure of the WC Co, and additionally affected by the microstructure of WC powders before sintering. An important feature is that the toughness and the hardness increase simultaneously with the refining of WC. Therefore, development of nanostructured WC Co hardmetal has been extensively studied. There are many methods to manufacture WC-Co hard metals, including spraying conversion process, co-precipitation, displacement reaction process, mechanochemical synthesis and high energy ball milling. High energy ball milling is a simple and efficient way of manufacturing the fine powder with nanostructure. In this process, the continuous impacts on the powders promote pronounced changes and the brittle phase is refined until nanometric scale, bring into ductile matrix, and this ductile phase is deformed, re-welded and hardened. The goal of this work was investigate the effects of highenergy milling time in the micro structural changes in the WC-Co particulate composite, particularly in the refinement of the crystallite size and lattice strain. The starting powders were WC (average particle size D50 0.87 μm) supplied by Wolfram, Berglau-u. Hutten - GMBH and Co (average particle size D50 0.93 μm) supplied by H.C.Starck. Mixing 90% WC and 10% Co in planetary ball milling at 2, 10, 20, 50, 70, 100 and 150 hours, BPR 15:1, 400 rpm. The starting powders and the milled particulate composite samples were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) to identify phases and morphology. The crystallite size and lattice strain were measured by Rietveld s method. This procedure allowed obtaining more precise information about the influence of each one in the microstructure. The results show that high energy milling is efficient manufacturing process of WC-Co composite, and the milling time have great influence in the microstructure of the final particles, crushing and dispersing the finely WC nanometric order in the Co particles / O metal duro ? um comp?sito de matriz met?lica que tem grande aplica??o devido as suas propriedades, que aliam alta dureza e resist?ncia ao desgaste ? tenacidade. ? composto por uma fase fr?gil, o WC, e uma fase d?ctil, que pode ser o cobalto, o ferro ou o n?quel. Destes comp?sitos, o de maior destaque ? o WC-Co, que foi desenvolvido na d?cada de 20 e vem sendo estudado desde ent?o. As propriedades mec?nicas do comp?sito WC-Co, s?o dependentes das caracter?sticas microestruturais dos materiais de partida. Neste contexto, a obten??o do metal duro a partir de part?culas nanom?tricas vem sendo estudada. Existem v?rios m?todos de fabrica??o de metal duro WC-Co nanoparticulado, dentre as principais t?cnicas, a moagem de alta energia em moinho planet?rio, se mostra eficiente para este fim. Nesse processo, os p?s s?o submetidos a cont?nuos impactos, que provocam significativas altera??es em sua microestrutura. A fase fr?gil ? refinada at? a escala nanom?trica e a fase d?ctil ? deformada e soldada, formando placas, devido o excesso de deforma??o pl?stica, as placas tornam-se encruadas e sofrem fratura fr?gil. Simultaneamente as part?culas fr?geis s?o inseridas na fase d?ctil formando assim um comp?sito com matriz de cobalto pouco ou muito deformado e part?culas refinadas e dispersas de carbeto de tungst?nio. Estas caracter?sticas dependem das condi??es de moagem empregada. Neste trabalho foi realizada uma an?lise das caracter?sticas deste comp?sito quanto ao tamanho de cristalito, grau de encruamento, e morfologia. O principal objetivo deste trabalho ? investigar o efeito do tempo da moagem de alta energia nas altera??es microestruturais que ocorrem no comp?sito WC-Co, no que diz respeito ao refinamento das part?culas e a microdeforma??o da rede cristalina. Neste contexto foram utilizadas as t?cnicas de difra??o de raios X (DRX) e microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV). A t?cnica utilizada para an?lise de tamanho de cristalito e microdeforma??o da rede cristalina foi o M?todo de Rietveld. Os resultados mostram que a moagem de alta energia foi eficiente na produ??o do comp?sito WC-Co com part?culas de WC nanom?tricas pouco ou muito encruadas

This diploma thesis deals with increasing the service life of parts intended for soil cultivation. The work evaluates the current possibilities of increasing the utility value of spare parts. Practical tests will provide recommendations for the most appropriate method to increase durability. The work examines uncharted methods of testing soldered joint. The results are evaluated in terms of quality and economic profitability. All results from this work are based on the basis of practical tests of plowing machine in rocky soil.

Thema dieser Arbeit ist eine experimentelle Untersuchung zur Verbesserung der tribologischen Eigenschaften von Hartmetallen auf der Basis von Wolframkarbid– Kobalt unter Benutzung von Ionen–Implantation in Kombination mit den hierbei auftretenden Struktur– und Phasen–Änderungen. Die vorliegende Arbeit unterscheidet sich von allen anderen bisherigen Arbeiten besonders durch (1.) die detaillierte Analyse der mikroskopischen Veränderungen und durch (2.) deren Verknüpfung mit der Änderung der tribologischen Eigenschaften des Materials.