The invention relates to a 
nickel-coated 
graphite sealing 
coating on the surface of a cast-iron workpiece, and a preparation method of the 
nickel-coated 
graphite sealing 
coating, and belongs to the technical fields of composite materials and 
thermal spraying. The 
bonding strength of the 
coating and a matrix is increased by taking a 
NiAl metal coating as a bonding layer, a 
nickel-coated 
graphite coating is sprayed on the surface as a self-lubricating coating, a stable abradable 
coating system based on the 
thermal spraying on the cast-iron surface is formed through combination, a gap between anair compressor and a 
cartridge receiver can be effectively filled, good 
impact resistance and 
thermal shock resistance are achieved, and therefore the working efficiency of the 
air compressor is increased; and the 
NiAl bonding layer is prepared through 
electric arc spraying for wires, and the large-particle-size nickel-coated graphite sealing coating is prepared through 
flame spraying. The double-layer 
coating system prepared by the preparation method is compact in 
microstructure; high bonding performance between the coatings and between the coating and the cast-iron matrix is achieved; and graphite phases are uniformly distributed in the coating. Meanwhile, the nickel-coated graphite sealing coating on the surface of the cast-iron workpiece has the advantages of being low in graphite oxidation 
loss rate, simple in process, low in cost, high in efficiency, high in 
repeatability, suitable for large-scale production, and the like.