A REVIEW PAPER ON RESEARCH WORK DONE IN HARD FACING

ABSTRACT Wear is the biggest factor that controls the performance and life of any machine part. The interaction between functional surfaces in their relative motion causes adverse effects in the surface layers, leading to their deterioration. Most worn parts dont fail from a single mode of wear, but from a combination of modes, such as abrasion and erosion etc. Research is going on over years to reduce the wear either in the form of using a new wear resistant material or by improving the wear resistance of the existing material by the addition of any wear resistant alloying elements. According to researchers hardfacing is the best method for overcoming wear problems of machine parts as it increases the life of machine part and also protects from damage. We can use many types of hardfacing alloys according to requirement, which may be cheap or costly. In this paper an attempt has been made to review the work of some researchers who conducted the experimental studies on different wear resistant hardfacing alloys, which are employed on the substrate surface of material by different welding processes.