Abstract—In the present work a detailed study was done to study the effect of different compositions of chromium powder on mild steel, deposited by paste coating process. On coating weld metal AWS E7014 SMAW electrode was deposited with SMAW Process. Three different compositions of metal powder had been chosen for hardfacing material. The investigation was done on three categories of samples prepared by these compositions. Various rigorous tests were carried out on the batch of 3 samples per category i.e. total nine samples. Wear test and micro-hardness test were done to record the observations. Wear test was performed on dry wear and friction testing machine. [Model: Wear and Friction Monitor Tester TR-20], supplied by M/S DUCOM, Bangalore (INDIA) wear using different loads.

Index Terms—Hardfacing, SMAW, Wear testing, Microhardness

Cite: Hitesh Vasudev and Navjot Singh, "Wear Characteristics of Chromium Carbide Hardfaced Layer Made by Paste Technique Using E-7014 SMAW Electrode," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol.3, No. 4, pp. 101-105, October 2014.