Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve at least one technical problem in the prior art and provides a multilayer gradient coating based on physical vapor deposition and a preparation method thereof.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: the preparation method of the multilayer gradient coating based on physical vapor deposition comprises the following steps:
s1, polishing and hydrocarbon cleaning the surface of the base material to be treated, and removing burrs, oil stains on the surface of the base material and residual release agent, static electricity and dust on the surface;
s2, spraying UV paint on the cleaned substrate in the step S1 to form a UV primer layer;
s3, sending the base material processed in the step S2 into a PVD furnace chamber for glow processing, and then carrying out PVD metal coating to form a PVD metal coating;
s4, evaporating the mixture containing the MMA monomer into the PVD furnace cavity through vacuum heating equipment;
and S5, polymerizing MMA monomers on the PVD metal coating to form a polymer film under the action of oxygen plasma in the cavity of the PVD furnace.
Further, PVD metal plating includes sputtering a silicon target and an alloy target to form a graded silicon dioxide and metal film on the surface of the substrate.
Further, the alloy target comprises one or more of CrSi, TiSi and NiCrSi.
Further, the technological conditions for PVD metal coating are radio frequency sputtering, the technological parameters are 10-3-1Pa of air pressure, 400V of voltage, 0.08-0.16A of current, 3-8Pa of argon pressure and 40-60mm of target base spacing, the oxygen content is increased at the rate of 20-30SCCM after deposition for 1-2min, and the deposition is continued for 2-5 min.
Further, the MMA monomer-containing mixture comprises MMA monomer and ethanol, and the MMA monomer and the ethanol are uniformly mixed according to the mass ratio of 1:1-1: 1.5.
Further, the heating temperature of the vacuum heating equipment is 70-80 ℃.
Further, the mixture containing MMA monomer was carried out in the PVD furnace chamber with argon gas to carry out step S5.
Further, in step S5, oxygen gas is introduced into the PVD chamber to perform plasma polymerization, and the flow ratio of the mixture of oxygen gas and MMA monomer is 3-3.5: 1.
The multilayer gradient coating is prepared by adopting the method based on physical vapor deposition, and comprises a base material, a primer layer, a PVD metal coating layer and a polymer film layer which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top, wherein the thickness of the primer layer is 2-8 mu m; the thickness of the PVD metal coating is 0.01-0.5 μm; the thickness of the polymer film layer is 0.005-0.3 μm.
Furthermore, the polymer film layer is transparent.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the description of the invention, compared with the prior art, the physical vapor deposition-based multilayer gradient coating can obtain the appearance with the imitation electroplating effect by adopting the PVD coating technology, and the surface treatment process is green and environment-friendly and meets the requirement of carbon emission reduction; meanwhile, the surface treatment adopts one coating and one plating, and the working procedure is simple; and the monomer coating on the outermost surface is a transparent layer, so that the appearance texture of the product is not influenced, water vapor can be blocked, the corrosion resistance of the product is improved, and the service life of the product can be prolonged.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being fixed or detachable or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
Referring to fig. 1, a physical vapor deposition-based multilayer gradient coating according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is prepared by a method for preparing a physical vapor deposition-based multilayer gradient coating, wherein the multilayer gradient coating comprises a substrate 1, a primer layer 2, a PVD metal plating layer 3, and a polymer film layer 4, which are sequentially arranged from bottom to top, and the thickness of the primer layer 2 is 2-8 μm; the thickness of the PVD metal coating 3 is 0.01-0.5 μm; the polymer film thickness layer 4 is 0.005-0.3 μm.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it may also have the following additional technical features: the polymer film layer 4 is transparent, is similar to PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) in characteristic, has certain flexibility, plays a role in the wear resistance of the outer layer, has certain toughness, can prevent water vapor from cracking, can improve the corrosion resistance of the product, and can prolong the service life of the product.
Example 1
The preparation method of the multilayer gradient coating based on physical vapor deposition comprises the following steps:
s1, polishing and hydrocarbon cleaning the surface of the base material to be treated, and removing burrs, oil stains on the surface of the base material and residual release agent, static electricity and dust on the surface;
s2, spraying UV paint on the cleaned substrate in the step S1 to form a UV primer layer, so that the bonding force between the substrate bottom layer and the plating layer is enhanced;
s3, sending the base material processed in the step S2 into a PVD furnace chamber for glow processing, and then carrying out PVD metal coating to form a PVD metal coating;
the PVD metal coating comprises a sputtering silicon target and an alloy target to form gradient silicon dioxide and a metal film on the surface of a base material, wherein the alloy target comprises CrSi, TiSi and NiCrSi, and a composite coating is carried out;
the technological conditions for PVD metal coating are radio frequency sputtering, the technological parameters are 10-3-1Pa of air pressure, 400-600V of voltage, 0.08-0.16A of current, 3-8Pa of argon pressure and 40-60mm of target base spacing, the oxygen content is increased at the rate of 20-30SCCM after deposition is carried out for 1-2min, and the deposition is continued for 2-5 min;
s4, heating the mixture containing the MMA monomer to 70-80 ℃ through vacuum heating equipment, and pushing the mixture steam into a PVD furnace chamber by using argon;
the MMA monomer-containing mixture comprises an MMA monomer and ethanol, wherein the MMA monomer and the ethanol are uniformly mixed according to the mass ratio of 1: 1;
and S5, polymerizing MMA monomers on the PVD metal coating under the action of oxygen plasma in the cavity of the PVD furnace to form a polymer film, wherein the flow ratio of the oxygen to the MMA monomers is 3: 1.
Namely, the monomer heated to 70-80 ℃ is introduced from the outside of the furnace immediately after the substrate is plated with the PVD metal film. The monomer is used for rapidly depositing a transparent polymer film on the PVD metal film under the action of plasma in a furnace. The polymer film has high activity and good bonding force with PVD film. The film is compact and flexible, and has good ductility, so the film has a buffer protection effect. The organic polymer film plays a role in avoiding the occurrence of crack in the PVD metal layer under the action of an improper external force. And because the polymer film has good transparency, the appearance and the glossiness of the metal layer are not influenced.
Example 2
This example differs from example 1 in that: the MMA monomer and ethanol were mixed homogeneously in a mass ratio of 1:1.1, and the preparation process was otherwise as in example one.
Example 3
This example differs from example 1 in that: the MMA monomer and ethanol were mixed homogeneously in a mass ratio of 1:1.5, and the preparation process was otherwise as in example one.
Example 4
This example differs from example 1 in that: the flow ratio of the mixture of oxygen and MMA monomer was 3.2:1, otherwise the preparation process of example one was followed.
Example 5
This example differs from example 1 in that: the flow ratio of the mixture of oxygen and MMA monomer was 3.5:1, otherwise the preparation process of example one was followed.
Comparative example 1
The comparative example differs from example one in that: the UV primer layer was not coated, and the other preparation method was as in example one.
Comparative example 2
The comparative example differs from example one in that: PVD metal coating sputters only silicon target and CrSi target to form a graded silicon dioxide and metal film on the substrate surface, otherwise the preparation method according to example one.
Comparative example 3
The comparative example differs from example one in that: PVD metal coating sputters only silicon and TiSi targets to form a graded silicon dioxide and metal film on the substrate surface, otherwise prepared as in example one.
Comparative example 4
The comparative example differs from example one in that: PVD metal coating sputter only silicon target and NiCrSi target to form a graded silicon dioxide and metal film on the substrate surface, otherwise following the preparation method of example one.
Comparative example 5
The comparative example differs from example one in that: the mixture containing MMA monomer was pushed into the PVD chamber without argon.
Comparative example 6
The comparative example differs from example one in that: the PMMA polymer was used directly without using MMA monomer.
Product performance testing
Performing a cold-hot impact cycle test according to the method of ASME A112.18.1-2005; NSS corrosion resistance test according to ASTM B368-09; the anti-boiling test was performed according to ASTM D870-02, except that the temperature was raised to 80 ℃ and the boiling time was extended to 3 hours; referring to the method of ASTM D3580, but changing the parameters into rated displacement of 5 cm, vibration frequency of 10Hz, rated load of 1 kg, vibrating back and forth 100 times to perform vibration friction test (namely vibrating 100 times and then performing 8 times of cold and hot shock cycle test); the sheet was tested for flexural cracking according to ASTM D430; the paint and plate bonding force test (i.e. bending 200 times and then testing the water vapor transmission rate) was performed according to ASTM D3359, and the test results are shown in Table 1.
The quality requirement is as follows: (1) the hot and cold shock is circulated for 8 times, and no interlayer separation and bubbling are caused; (2) boiling with 80 deg.C hot water for more than 1 hr to obtain a product with no abnormal appearance; (3) through an anti-corrosion test of Neutral Salt Spray (NSS) for more than 96h, the surface has no corrosion points, no bubble separation layer, no coating film falling and other abnormalities; (4) and (3) detecting the water vapor transmission rate and the permeability of the test piece after the test piece passes through 200 times of bending tests, wherein the detection result is not more than 0.5 g/M2 x 24 hr.
The test results are shown in table 1:
TABLE 1 test results
The product performance test results in table 1 show that examples 1 to 5 all have good corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and can block water vapor and prolong the service life of the product.
As can be seen from example 1 and comparative example 1, the bonding force of the PVD metal plating layer can be enhanced by coating the UV primer layer. As can be seen from the examples 1 and the comparative examples 2 to 4, the PVD metal coating comprises a sputtering silicon target and an alloy target to form gradient silica and a metal film on the surface of the substrate, wherein the alloy target comprises CrSi, TiSi and NiCrSi, which can enable MMA monomers to generate polymerization reaction on the surface of the substrate to form an organic film similar to PMMA, and the organic film can form good adhesion with the PVD metal coating, ensure that the product can block water vapor, and can avoid the abnormal condition that the PVD metal layer cracks under the action of improper external force. As can be seen from example 1 and comparative example 5, the mixture containing MMA monomer is pushed into the PVD chamber by argon gas, so that MMA monomer is uniformly dispersed and polymerization reaction occurs on the PVD metal coating, and a uniform and transparent organic film is formed. It is clear from example 1 and comparative example 6 that the use of PMMA polymers directly on PVD metallization does not result in good adhesion.
The invention adopts the PVD coating technology, the appearance with the imitation electroplating effect can be obtained, and the monomer coating on the outermost surface is a transparent layer, so that the appearance texture of the product is not influenced; and the water vapor is blocked to improve the corrosion resistance, so that the traditional water-electroplating raw materials with heavy pollution such as high-concentration acid-base and chromic acid are replaced, and the problems of wastewater treatment and discharge are avoided.
The above additional technical features can be freely combined and used in superposition by those skilled in the art without conflict.
It is to be understood that the present invention has been described with reference to certain embodiments, and that various changes in the features and embodiments, or equivalent substitutions may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.