Estudo da viabilidade econômica de revestimentos com as ligas de níquel AWS ER NiCrMo-3 e AWS ER NiCrMo-4 em chapas de aço ASTM 516 GR60 pelo processo MIG/MAG duplo arame

Abstract

Weld overlay’s Nickel based alloy are used by the oil and gas industry as an option for construction and repair of structures and equipment subjected to severe environment conditions with the purpose to provide performance required like for corrosion resistance. Many works have been developed with Nickel based superalloys AWS ERNiCrMo-3, AWS ERNiCrMo-4 e AWS ERNiCrMo-14, evaluating among several characteristics the last alloy proved to be upper, but their cost is also higher than the other two. Therefore the present work intends to combine the high productivity of GMAW double wire for welding overlay applications using alloy with AWS ERNiCrMo-3, AWS ERNiCrMo-4 with the intention of obtain a mixture presenting both chemical composition similar to the AWS ER NiCrMo-14 such as corrosion resistance performance, but with less cost. Exploratory studies were performed by means of welding with simple deposition to determine the range of welding speed between 50 and 100 cm / min, the operating mode of the source constant current and pulsed pure argon shielding gas. The coatings were welded with low energy (7,56 kJ/cm), triangle weaving, electrodes positioned one behind the other in relation to the welding speed, without out of phase the currents. This step was varied angle of attack and the percentage of overlap the weld beads. The best condition was presented lower dilution, 9.75%, and a high thickness 3.92 mm and that obtained using the torch inclined at 15 ° and overlap of 50%. The relatively low dilution and high thickness found reduced the need for a second coating, which makes the process a good option for coating operations.