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Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review

Volume: 2 Number: 2
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Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review

Abstract

Earthmoving and mining machines operate in environments that steadily wear down every exposed surface. Fine mineral particles, wet or chemically active soils, sudden impacts and continuous vibration all act together, often in unpredictable combinations. Because these stresses rarely act alone, no single treatment can protect every component. In practice, engineers combine different surface-engineering methods, each addressing a specific weakness. This review considers seven approaches that are commonly applied in the field: hardfacing, thermal spray coatings, nitriding, boronizing, chromizing, and the vapor-deposited systems produced by PVD and CVD. Each method shapes the surface in its own way. Diffusion treatments, for example, change the chemistry beneath the surface and help parts resist fatigue or sliding contact. Boronizing can push hardness to unusually high levels, which is valuable in mineral-rich environments. PTA hardfacing is still the preferred choice when both impact and abrasion happen together. Thermal spray coatings add dense ceramic layers that stand up well to particle erosion. PVD and CVD coatings, although thinner, provide low friction and maintain stability at high temperature or in chemically aggressive conditions. Durability improves when the coating architecture matches the soil, the loading pattern, and the function of the part.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Material Design and Behaviors, Tribology, Plating Technology

Journal Section

Review

Authors

Publication Date

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Submission Date

November 28, 2025

Acceptance Date

December 18, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 2 Number: 2

APA
Yahşi, Y. (n.d.). Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 2(2), 63-87. https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP
AMA
1.Yahşi Y. Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler ve Teknoloji Dergisi. 2(2):63-87. https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP
Chicago
Yahşi, Yasemin. n.d. “Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review”. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler Ve Teknoloji Dergisi 2 (2): 63-87. https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP.
EndNote
Yahşi Y Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler ve Teknoloji Dergisi 2 2 63–87.
IEEE
[1]Y. Yahşi, “Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review”, Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler ve Teknoloji Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 63–87, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP
ISNAD
Yahşi, Yasemin. “Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review”. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler ve Teknoloji Dergisi 2/2 (n.d.): 63-87. https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP.
JAMA
1.Yahşi Y. Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler ve Teknoloji Dergisi.;2:63–87.
MLA
Yahşi, Yasemin. “Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review”. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 63-87, https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP.
Vancouver
1.Yasemin Yahşi. Surface Engineering Technologies for Enhancing Wear and Corrosion Resistance in Earthmoving Components of Heavy Equipment: A Comprehensive Review. Kuzey Ege Teknik Bilimler ve Teknoloji Dergisi [Internet]. 2(2):63-87. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA92TU88LP