Development of a Composite Technique for Preconditioning of 41Cr4 Steel Used as Gear Material: Examination of Its Microstructural Characteristics and Properties
Commercial 41Cr4 (ISO standard) steel was treated by a composite technique.An intermediate layer was introduced firstly at the 41Cr4 steel surface by traditional carburizing and nitriding.Then a hard Cr coating was brush-plated on the intermediate layer.Finally, the coating layer was modified by high current pulsed electron Collectables beam (HCPEB