TY - JOUR A1 - Farooq, M. U. A1 - Klement, U. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - EBSD and EDX analysis at the cladding - Substrate interface of a laser clad railway wheel JF - International journal of materials research N2 - Electron backscatter diffraction and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry were used to investigate the intermixed interface produced during laser cladding of a Co-Cr-Mo alloy on a steel substrate. A multi-component system and rapid solidification conditions together lead to a complex microstructure at the interface. The solidification of the cladding starts with the formation of an interface layer, which is about 75µm in thickness and consists of randomly oriented equiaxed grains of Co-Cr-Fe solid solution and martensite. Orientation analysis of the grains in the interface layer revealed that some grains have a special orientation relationship with the former austenite grains in the heat affected zone but the cladding is not formed by epitaxial growth on the substrate. Intermixing of the materials at the interface is providing a strong bond between the substrate and the cladding. For a grain from the interface layer to emerge as columnar grain in the cladding, it was determined that its <001> crystallographic direction is not supposed to deviate more than 25° from the sample normal direction. KW - EBSD KW - Laser cladding KW - Interface KW - Orientation KW - Nishiyama - Wassermann relationship PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101413 SN - 1862-5282 VL - 97 IS - 11 SP - 1512 EP - 1518 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-14425 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Farooq, M. U. A1 - Klement, U. A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Microstructural characterisation of a Co-Cr-Mo laser clad applied on railway wheels JF - International journal of materials research N2 - A Co-Cr-Mo laser cladding applied on railway wheels is characterised by a combination of EBSD and EDX. A complete pass of the cladding is investigated to achieve a better understanding of the microstructure evolution during laser cladding. A microstructure with columnar grains extending over the whole thickness of the cladding is observed. The grains have a <001>-fibre texture with the fibre axis parallel to the normal of the substrate surface, and a substructure consisting of cells/dendrites. During the cladding process, two different kinds of precipitates form in the cell walls, which can be identified as M6C and a non-equilibrium phase. Furthermore, stacking faults are observed to occur in the cladding grains and are discussed with respect to the laser cladding process. KW - Laser cladding KW - Co-Cr-Mo KW - EBSD KW - Carbides PY - 2006 DO - https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101312 SN - 1862-5282 VL - 97 IS - 6 SP - 838 EP - 844 PB - Hanser CY - München AN - OPUS4-13973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -