Abstract
UDC 621.9.048.4
The paper offers a comprehensive and integrated specific criteria for the effective use of the electro-spark alloying so as to determine the effectiveness of the conditions of application of electric-spark coatings with the required performance characteristics and parameters of the surface topography, including taking into account the energy costs. Also provided is a general criterion for the efficiency of coating, allowing to determine and compare the performance of different coating processes by the electro-spark alloying and other methods based on energy consumption, economic and environmental factors.
Keywords: electrоspark alloying, coating, performance criteria, modes of processing, performance characteristics, parameters of the relief, the cost, comparison methods.