Dilution rate and wear-resistance performance of assisted wire filling cable-type welding wire GMAW of surfacing layer

Surfacing technology is widely used in material surface modification and repair industries, with the advantages of low dilution rate and high wear-resistance performance. The assisted wire filling (AWF) of cable-type welding wire (CWW) gas metal arc welding (GMAW) is an innovative surfacing method, using CWW as the consumable electrode. The dilution rate and wear-resistance performance were studied in this paper. The results show that the weld penetration of the AWF-CWW-GMAW surfacing layer increased with the increase of welding current, which was consistent with the method of CWW GMAW. The dilution rate of the surfacing layer was about 19% lower than that of the CWW-GMAW with the same parameters. Comparing with the CWW-GAMW method, the sample treated by AFW-CWW-GAMW had a smaller dilution rate of surfacing layer, a less wear loss, a smaller friction coefficient and a higher hardness under the same welding parameters. The alloy element distribution of the surfacing layer was higher than that of CWW-GMAW from the weld to the base metal.