It is essential to select materials with excellent mechanical properties to prevent chemical and mechanical damage to the surfaces of materials used in machines and structures and to extend their lifespan. Co-based stellite alloy, which has wear resistance, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance, is essential for products used in harsh environments. However, due to the problem of enormous costs, research on hard facing, which uses a stellite coating layer only on the contact surface, is urgently required. Currently, high-facing research on Stellite coating layers is focused on powder, and GMAW research using wire is relatively lacking. In this study, welding experiments were performed to form stable weld beads using stellite 6 welding wire, and the correlation between parameters and weld beads was analyzed. A CMT welder was used to minimize the heat effect on the base material.

To evaluate the development of the microstructure and mechanical properties on surface modified and post-heat-treated Inconel 718 alloy, this study was carried out. A friction stir process as a surface modification method was employed,and overlap welded Inconel 718 alloy as an experimental material was selected. The friction stir process was carried out ata tool rotation speed of 200 rpm and tool down force of 19.6-39.2kN; post-heat-treatment with two steps was carried out at720oC for 8h and 620oC for 6h in vacuum. To prevent the surface oxidation of the specimen, the method of using argongas as shielding was utilized during the friction stir process. As a result, applying the friction stir process was effective todevelop the grain refinement accompanied by dynamic recrystallization, which resulted in enhanced mechanical properties ascompared to the overlap welded material. Furthermore, the post-heat-treatment after the friction stir process accelerated theformation of precipitates, such as gamma prime (γ') and MC carbides, which led to the significant improvement of mechanicalproperties. Consequently, the microhardness, yield, and tensile strengths of the post-heat-treated material were increased morethan 110%, 124% and 85%, respectively, relative to the overlap welded material. This study systematically examined therelationship between precipitates and mechanical properties.

현재 중소형선박의 동력전달용 스테인리스 추진축계가 많이 사용되고 있으나 선미를 통과하는 선미관 패킹부, 베어링이 작용하는 접촉부 등에서 마모, 축의 재질불량이나 설계 불량으로 인하여 축이 절손되는 경우가 많다. 프로펠러축이 과다마모 또는 절손으로 파단시 새로운 축으로 전환하고 있으나 축을 새것으로 구입하려면 주문, 제작 등에 따라 상당한 비용이 소요된다. 또한 축을 육성 용접하는 경우는 해양수산관청의 승인을 득하도록 되어 있으나 지금까지 승인이 된 경우가 없었다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 직접 스테인리스 재료를 육성 용접하면서 모재와 비교하여 용접에 따른 금속조직의 변화, 결함의 계측 등을 규명하여 해양수산관청의 승인에 필요한 용접 절차, 검사에 필요한 사항 등을 검토하였다.