Abstract

Regularities of the influence of spark plasma sintering heating rate on the structure and properties of dispersion-strengthened materials based on Fe – Ti – C – (B) system are studied. Increasing heating rate of the samples from 10 °C/s to 20 °C/s induced by increasing current rise rate leads to decrease the average grain size in the material matrix of the Fe – Ti – C – B system from 2.5 to 1.5 microns. This allows to increase hardness from 48 HRC up to 70 HRC and wear resistance 7 times compared to R6M5 (full analog of HSS M2) steel during SPS consolidation in the mode with a heating rate of 20 °C/s and isothermal exposure 1100 °C for 180 s.