HARDENING OF THE FRICTION SURFACES OF THE COMBINED ELECTROMECHANICAL PROCESSING
The technology of formation of wear-resistant surface layer by implanting materials based on tungsten carbide has been improved. The influence of implanted tungsten carbide powder on the formation of gradient wear-resistant structures in the friction surface of carbon steel formed during the implementation of the combined Electromechanical processing technology is investigated (IKEMO). It is shown that under thermal and force effects in the area of plastic deformation there takes place an intensive austenization of steel with the dissolution of tungsten carbide powder and the subsequent formation of finely dispersed composite structures as a result of decomposition of the supersaturated tungsten supercooled austenite.