Cladding of Titanium Carbide Powders with Nickel for Use in Flux-Cored Wires

Abstract—The results of studying the cladding of titanium carbide powders with nickel using a planetary mill are presented. When titanium carbide with a smooth surface and nickel are processed simultaneously, only fragmentary coating of the carbide surface with nickel is found to occur. The maximum coverage area of titanium carbide with nickel (3.4%) is achieved at a planetary mill rotation speed of 250 rpm. Here, the titanium content in nickel increases up to 10.50 wt %. The use of titanium carbide with a pumice-like structure is found to promote the cladding of the carbide with nickel. The obtained results can serve as a basis for developing a new approach to preparing nickel-based materials for manufacturing flux-cored wires used for the deposition of wear-resistant coatings.