The invention belongs to the field of
metal material
surface engineering, and provides a high-strength wear-resistant shell
alloy material and a preparation method thereof. According to the invention, a synergistic process
route of
alloy component optimization design, surface mechanical rolling and gas
nitriding composite strengthening is adopted, and a double-layer gradient structure of a gradient nanocrystalline strengthening area and a
nitriding diffusion area is constructed on a carbon-
manganese-
silicon-
chromium-
molybdenum-
nickel-
vanadium-
niobium alloy matrix; gradient matching of
surface layer superhardness and core part
toughness with the surface Vickers
hardness being 850-1100 HV0.1 and the core part Vickers
hardness being 350-550 HV1 is achieved, the thickness of a gradient nanocrystalline strengthening area is 50-300 microns, the thickness of a
nitriding diffusion area is 0.30-0.60 mm, the room-temperature tensile strength is 1100-1600 MPa, the percentage elongation after fracture is 8-20%, and the
hardness of the
surface layer superhardness and the core part
toughness is not larger than 100%. The cross-domain
coupling contradictions that extremely high hardness and overall
toughness of the surface of a shell type wear-resistant material are difficult to consider at the same time and the
residual stress gradient and the dimensional stability are difficult to control are solved, and the method has wide application value in manufacturing of wear-resistant parts such as shells, shells and protective covers under the high-strength wear working condition.