Abstract
The offshore industry faces challenges with corrosion resistance in hydraulic cylinders used in marine environments. Thermal spray coating appears to be a promising technique for replacing electroplated coating in many applications, but the performance of thermal spray coatings in highly corrosive environments must be improved. In the present work, a new sealing method for HVOF WC-CoCr coatings for their application on hydraulic cylinders for marine environments has been tested. The method consists of applying sol-gel solution that can penetrate, fill and thus seal the pores and cracks in the coating. The sealed coatings have been tested with and without post treatment and compared to as-sprayed coatings. Open-circuit potential (OCP) and tribocorrosion tests in 3.4% NaCl were performed to evaluate the performance of the sealing method. Both tests showed that the sealed coatings had the best performance.
