Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Reliable protective coatings on steels and ferrous alloys is the approved route to increase wear and corrosionx000D
resistance of tubing, casing and different engineering components in downhole oil production and mineralx000D
processing. As one of the options, boronizing technology can be successfully employed for this purpose. Newx000D
coatings with potentially improved tribological properties require extensive studies in the friction andx000D
friction-corrosion conditions, as well as the evaluation of these properties with regards to the coatingx000D
composition, and structure. Endurance Technologies Inc. has the process for producing the protective coatingsx000D
on steels and ferrous alloys at the industrial scale. However, additional studies are required for the betterx000D
understanding of the coatings' performance, especially, for new coatings, e.g. the effect of thex000D
service/application conditions on the structure and materials destruction mechanism. In particular, a focus onx000D
evaluating the nano- and microstructure of the metal will be critical in reducing wear rates to an acceptablex000D
nanometres reduction in pipe thickness per hour of operation. These studies will be used for the furtherx000D
development and optimization of the coatings with functional properties, in particular for the products forx000D
friction and friction-corrosion applications.