Abstract
Abstract: Hydraulic runners are susceptible to failures by cracks or wear by erosion, corrosion, or cavitation. The modern runners are fabricated in carbon steel and martensitic stainless steel. Arc welding processes normally do the repair of eroded areas, or cracked parts. Each material or type of repair needs specific criteria, procedures, and precautions to guarantee their success and prevent future issues, like the recurrence of the cracks or reduction of the useful life of the runner by modifications of the original material. Wear-resistant coatings are applied by welding or by thermal spray processes, considering this last one has no metallurgical interaction with the material of the runner, keeping the original properties of the material. For several years the companies Copel GeT, Lactec, UTFPR, and UFPR collaborate on the study of different techniques, methods, and processes to repair hydraulic runners, this work aims to present a short compilation, and examples of some results obtained applied on real runners.
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