Study of the effect of overlap rate on the failure form, microstructure and wear resistance of multilayer laser cladding on grey cast iron surfaces

Laser cladding is less used in the repair of cast iron parts. In this paper, multiple layers of austenitic stainless steel powders with different overlap rates were laser clad by the process of adding a transition layer to explore the feasibility of multilayer cladding of grey cast iron. The study results show that the higher cladding layers tends to cause cracking and warping of substrate, and the increased overlap rate of the Ni transition layer can effectively inhibit these failures. The wear mass of Fe-based coatings with 33.3%∼66.7% overlap was 1.00–2.68 mg. After wear, the Fe2p and Ni2p potentials were shifted, the intensity of the O1s characteristic peaks increased, and the wear oxidation increased wear quality loss.