摘要 |
An aluminum base material with a hard facing deposit which shows extremely good hot hardness properties when subjected to high operating temperatures. The invention provides a hard facing deposit which shows a hot hardness of at least 100 BHN at 600 DEG F., and has sufficient toughness to resist the formation of cracks when subjected to such operating temperatures. According to the preferred embodiment, the hard facing deposit includes, by weight, about 6% to about 12% silicon, up to about 6% copper, about 2% to about 6% manganese, up to about 3% iron, and about 16% to about 25% nickel. The invention is particularly useful in forming a heavy duty diesel engine piston with a piston ring groove formed in the hard facing deposit.
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