Additional Tribological Effect of Laser Surface Texturing and Diamond-Like Carbon Coating for Medium Carbon Steel at Near Room Temperature
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation and Characterization
2.2. Tribological Experiments
3. Results
3.1. Surface Characterization
3.2. Friction Properties
3.3. Wear Behavior
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Type | Material | Technology | Parameters | Note |
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Smooth | 45# steel * | Quenching; Finishing | Ra < 0.56 μm (L = 120 μm) HRC 40~43 | * parallel to 10455 of ASTM |
LST | 45#steel; Gas: N2 | Laser: 512 nm; Nd3+:YAG; 50 Watts; 14 Ampere | Space: 150 μm × 150 μm; Diameter: 60 μm; Depth: 10~15 μm; Ra < 0.8 μm (L = 120 μm) HRC 45~48 | TEM00; Q-switch; Frequency: 6.4 kHz; Pressure: 0.15 Mpa |
Coating | 45#steel; Target: carbon (TK8869) | Coater: K575; Current: 120 mA; Power: 110 W; Time:12 min | Thickness < 0.12 μm; Ra < 0.2 μm (L = 120 μm) HV 1800~2000 | Argon: 40 mL/L, 99.99%; Delay: 4 min; No. cycles: 6 |
LST + coating | 45# steel | Same as above | Ra < 0.5 μm (L = 120 μm) | Same as above |
Conditions | Speed (m/s) | Load (N) | Temperature (°C) | Humidity (%) | Viscosity (mm2/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(PV)1 | 1.25 | 10 | 8~10 | 45 ± 3% | 14.21 |
(PV)2 | 0.25 | 16 | 8~10 | 45 ± 3% | 14.21 |
(PV)3 | 0.05 | 50 | 8~10 | 45 ± 3% | 14.21 |
Parameters | Smooth | Textured | Coated | Textured + Coated |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rt (μm) | 12.45 | 11.51 | 4.32 | 9.45 |
Ra (μm) | 0.553 | 0.705 | 0.126 | 0.404 |
Rq (μm) | 0.700 | 1.130 | 0.177 | 0.593 |
Rpk (μm) | 0.592 | 0.728 | 0.154 | 1.287 |
Rvk (μm) | 0.945 | 3.321 | 0.329 | 0.487 |
V1 (nm) | 21.29 | 17.36 | 5.75 | 56.4 |
V2 (nm) | 82.47 | 375.49 | 22.36 | 26.38 |
Mr1 (%) | 7.19 | 4.76 | 7.47 | 8.76 |
Mr2 (%) | 82.56 | 77.38 | 86.42 | 89.17 |
Working Condition | Wear Intensity Iw, × 10−6 (mg/N·m) | |||||
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Smooth | Textured | Coated | Textured + Coated | |||
Lubrication | 2.8861 | −3.2401 | 0.0476 | 0.9277 | 0.5542 | −0.8515 |
Starvation | 0.0959 | −3.2742 | −3.5881 | 2.4829 | - | - |
Note | (PV)2 | (PV)2 | (PV)2 | (PV)2 | (PV)3 | (PV)1 |
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Zhang, Y.; Fu, H.; Wang, X.; Liang, H.; Puoza, J.C.; Ji, J.; Hua, X.; Xu, X.; Fu, Y. Additional Tribological Effect of Laser Surface Texturing and Diamond-Like Carbon Coating for Medium Carbon Steel at Near Room Temperature. Coatings 2020, 10, 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100929
Zhang Y, Fu H, Wang X, Liang H, Puoza JC, Ji J, Hua X, Xu X, Fu Y. Additional Tribological Effect of Laser Surface Texturing and Diamond-Like Carbon Coating for Medium Carbon Steel at Near Room Temperature. Coatings. 2020; 10(10):929. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100929
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yanhu, Hao Fu, Xinwei Wang, Hongyu Liang, Julius Caesar Puoza, Jinghu Ji, Xijun Hua, Xiaojing Xu, and Yonghong Fu. 2020. "Additional Tribological Effect of Laser Surface Texturing and Diamond-Like Carbon Coating for Medium Carbon Steel at Near Room Temperature" Coatings 10, no. 10: 929. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10100929