2015-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2015 Volume 6: Coatings, Cement, Rare Earth & Ferro-alloys

Editors:	Kongoli F, Yildirim H, Hainer S, Hofmann K, Proske T, Graubner C.A., Albert B
Publisher:	Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:	2015
Pages:	200 pages
ISBN:	978-1-987820-29-4
ISSN:	2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)

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Electrophoretic Deposition and Characterisation of PEEK Coatings on Near-Beta Titanium Alloy

Anita Sak¹; Tomasz Moskalewicz¹; Slawomir Zimowski²; Marcin Kot²; Agnieszka Radziszewska¹; Beata Dubiel³; Aukasz Cieniek¹;
¹AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY OF METALS ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, Krakow, Poland; ²AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND ROBOTICS, Krakow, Poland; ³AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Krakow, Poland;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 273
Topic: 19

Abstract:

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) coatings were electrophoretically (EPD) deposited on the near-beta Ti13Zr13Nb titanium alloy. Suspension composition and EPD parameters were investigated in detail. Post heat treatment was performed to improve the adhesion of the as-deposited coatings to the underlying substrate. A microstructure of the titanium alloy and the coatings was investigated by light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as by X-ray diffractometry. Atomic force microscopy was used for investigation of surface topography of the coated alloy. It was found that the 60-70 microns thick coatings were semi-crystalline and homogeneous, without any cracks or voids. Micro-scratch tests revealed a very good adhesion of the heat treated coatings to the Ti13Zr13Nb alloy. The friction and wear properties of the uncoated and coated alloy were evaluated using a ball-on-disk apparatus at unlubricated contact. The coating essentially improved the frictional wear resistance and decreased a coefficient of friction of the titanium alloy substrate. This work showed that EPD is a very useful method to deposit uniform polymer PEEK coatings on near-beta titanium alloy substrate for tribological applications.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by the Polish National Science Centre (decision no. DEC-2013/09/B/ST8/00145). A part of this study (tribological tests) was supported by the AGH-UST (project no 11.11.110.293).

Keywords:

PEEK coatings; Electrophoretic deposition; Titanium alloy; Wear resistance


Cite this article as:

Sak A, Moskalewicz T, Zimowski S, Kot M, Radziszewska A, Dubiel B, Cieniek A. Electrophoretic Deposition and Characterisation of PEEK Coatings on Near-Beta Titanium Alloy. In: Kongoli F, Yildirim H, Hainer S, Hofmann K, Proske T, Graubner C.A., Albert B, editors. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2015 Volume 6: Coatings, Cement, Rare Earth & Ferro-alloys. Volume 6. Montreal(Canada): FLOGEN Star Outreach. 2015. p. 145-146.