The invention provides a gradient
composite material steel rail turnout
coating prepared by
laser cladding. The
composite material is characterized in that a
transition layer adopts a Fe-based
alloy material, wherein the Fe-based
alloy material comprises the following components of, in percentage by weight, 13wt%-17wt% of Cr, 3wt%-6wt% of Ni, 1wt%-1.5wt% of Si, 0.5wt%-1wt% of Mn, 0.3wt%-1.2wt% ofNb, 1wt%-1.5wt% of B, 0.05wt%-0.7wt% of C, 0.5wt%-1.2wt% of V, and the balance Fe; a strengthening layer is arranged above the
transition layer, and the strengthening layer adopts a Fe-based
metal nano-phase
composite material. The preparation method comprises the following steps of preparing the Fe-based
metal powder and the Fe-based
metal nano-phase composite material
coating; preheating a steelrail by using
laser scanning heating so as to reduce the
temperature gradient; preparing the gradient composite material
coating on the surface of the steel rail by utilizing a
laser cladding technology, and performing
laser scanning heat treatment; and reducing the
cooling rate after laser cladding, so that the
martensite of the
heat affected zone is prevented from being generated, and the
cracking property of the coating is reduced. The prepared steel rail frog has the advantages that the
hardness curve is smooth, the overall
toughness and bearing performance are good, the strength and
hardness is higher than a common heavy-load railway frog, the service life is longer, and manufacturing integration is relatively strong.