Surface engineering has become a relevant research field for manufacturing industries, as it enables advanced component design and a selective functionalization of surfaces. Solid state processing technologies are now mature and reliable alternatives to conventional processes, as stated by Mishra and Ma (2005). Friction surfacing is a promising new technology for depositing metallurgically bonded coatings on engineering components to combat wear and corrosion. Being a solid state process, friction surfacing elimates the problems such as porosity, hot cracking, segregation, and dilution which are commonly associated with fusion-based techniques. This is attained because no melting is involved in this process. Hard facing /coating techniques based on fusion welding and thermal spraying are generally employed to protect steel surface from corrosion. But fusion welding based coating techniques generally suffers from dilution and thermal spraying results in mechanical bonding rather than metallurgical bonding