Patent ID: 7475762

Claim:
A process for providing a steel member having corrosion and wear resistance through a combination of coatings, comprising the steps of: cleaning a steel member to remove undesirable materials therefrom; thermally spraying the steel member with a tungsten carbide-cobalt composition to provide a coating of tungsten carbide-cobalt, the tungsten carbide-cobalt composition comprising approximately 78-90% sintered tungsten carbide and approximately 10-19% cobalt; cleaning the steel member and tungsten carbide-cobalt coating; providing a sacrificial ceramic-metallic coating on the steel member, whereby the tungsten carbide-cobalt coating provides wear and corrosion resistance and the ceramic-metallic coating provides corrosion resistance for the steel member; mounting the steel member on an aircraft wheel; and repairing minor damage to the ceramic-metallic coating while the steel member is mounted on the aircraft wheel.