Skhosane, Besabakhe SMasina, Bathusile NLekoadi, Paul MPityane, Sisa L2023-05-082023-05-082022-11Skhosane, B.S., Masina, B.N., Lekoadi, P.M. & Pityane, S.L. 2022. In-situ production of WC-Ni using a laser cladding technique. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12764 .https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202237006005http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12764Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) coatings of Tungsten Carbide (WC) and Nickel (Ni) powder were produced using laser cladding process. A crack free and good metallurgically bonded WC-Ni coating of about 5mm thick produced from varying both laser energy density and percent mixture of Ni and WC. In this study, the microstructure of WC-Ni coatings were characterised using optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with EDS, while mechanical properties of the coating were studied using Vickers hardness tester and abrasion wear resistance tester. It was found that the hardness and wear resistance increase as the percentage of WC increases.FulltextenMetal Matrix CompositeTungsten CarbideLaser cladding processesConference PresentationSkhosane, B. S., Masina, B. N., Lekoadi, P. M., & Pityane, S. L. (2022). In-situ production of WC-Ni using a laser cladding technique. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12764Skhosane, Besabakhe S, Bathusile N Masina, Paul M Lekoadi, and Sisa L Pityane. "In-situ production of WC-Ni using a laser cladding technique." <i>23rd Annual International RAPDASA Conference joined by RobMech, PRASA and CoSAAMI, Somerset-West, Cape Town, 9-11 November 2022</i> (2022): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12764Skhosane BS, Masina BN, Lekoadi PM, Pityane SL, In-situ production of WC-Ni using a laser cladding technique; 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12764 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Skhosane, Besabakhe S AU - Masina, Bathusile N AU - Lekoadi, Paul M AU - Pityane, Sisa L AB - Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) coatings of Tungsten Carbide (WC) and Nickel (Ni) powder were produced using laser cladding process. A crack free and good metallurgically bonded WC-Ni coating of about 5mm thick produced from varying both laser energy density and percent mixture of Ni and WC. In this study, the microstructure of WC-Ni coatings were characterised using optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with EDS, while mechanical properties of the coating were studied using Vickers hardness tester and abrasion wear resistance tester. It was found that the hardness and wear resistance increase as the percentage of WC increases. DA - 2022-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - 23rd Annual International RAPDASA Conference joined by RobMech, PRASA and CoSAAMI, Somerset-West, Cape Town, 9-11 November 2022 KW - Metal Matrix Composite KW - Tungsten Carbide KW - Laser cladding processes LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2022 T1 - In-situ production of WC-Ni using a laser cladding technique TI - In-situ production of WC-Ni using a laser cladding technique UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12764 ER -26367