High-manganese steels to develop gradable coating systems by work hardening for sustainable wear protection applications - IronWorkCoat

Project summary

Innovative material and manufacturing concepts allow the often-contradictory requirements for processing and functional properties to be met. High manganese steels (HMnS) offer great, untapped application potential in the field of surface engineering. They are characterized by high work hardening under impact and shock loads, which enables applications with superimposed tribological stress. The production of the powder materials by gas atomization and their processing with modern coating technologies such as HVOF and HS-LMD ensure a high material quality of the coating system. Mechanical post-processing allows the property profile to be adjusted with regard to tribological stress. A process combination between thermal coating technologies and the refinement of HMnS coating systems thus enables surface functionalization with gradation of the coating properties by work hardening. IronWorkCoat aims for sustainable coating solutions for applications with superimposed tribological stress.