TY - JOUR A1 - Burbank, John Theodore A1 - Woydt, Mathias T1 - Friction and wear reductions under slip-rolling contact through chemically reactive tribofilm generation during pre-conditioning of steel alloys JF - Wear N2 - The running-in phase of mechanical systems is critical from a tribological standpoint, though poorly understood. Microcracks accelerate material failure and wear during this phase of heightened friction. With this in mind, the ultimate goal of this current work is to transfer the running-in phase into the final step of the mechanical finishing process through the targeted pre-conditioning of novel, high toughness steel bearings without thermo-chemical treatments and compare these to conventional, case-hardened steels. This pre-conditioning involved the targeted implementation of two specific lubricant packages, the first with CaCO3 as the active ingredient and the second with MoDTC as the active ingredient, to generate chemically reactive tribolayers (tribofilms) on twin disk testing rigs. Pre-conditioning was carried out up to 104 load cycles (approximately 25 min). The films generated in pre-conditioning were analyzed by SEM-EDX with Element-Mapping, Raman spectroscopy, and XPS to elucidate their molecular composition and concentration on the sample surfaces. The combination of these methods of analysis gave a clear indication that 104 cycles were sufficient to generate stable chemical tribofilms. CaO and CaCO3 were the main components of the tribofilm from the first lubricant package, while MoS2, MoO2 and MoO3 were the main components from the second lubricant package. Tribofilm-protected samples were then subjected to slip-rolling endurance testing (T=+120 °C, 10,000,000 cycles, approximately 19 days in a factory fill engine oil) to determine any changes in friction behavior or wear performance. Some significant reductions in coefficients of friction at the end of endurance testing were observed, though in certain cases, no definitive improvement was observed. In contrast, very strong reductions in wear were observed across the entire spectrum of materials and testing loads. In some cases, sample surface wear reduction from pre-conditioning via tribofilms reached over 90%. The observed improvements to friction behavior and wear performance are indicative of a technically simple, cost- and energy-efficient pre-conditioning method that may prove to be competitive with existing thermochemical treatments for steel alloys. KW - Tribofilm KW - Running-in KW - MoDTC KW - Slip-rolling KW - Friction KW - Wear PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2015.06.006 SN - 0043-1648 VL - 338-339 SP - 133 EP - 143 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-33556 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Spaltmann, Dirk T1 - Generation of defined tribofilms and their stability under slip-rolling in a 2Disk test machine N2 - Tribofilms formed by additives in lubricants represent a key mechanism for preventing wear, but are difficult to investigate due to the complexity of the composition of lubricants, their tiny thickness and amorphous nature.The tribological profile of such tribofilms were investigated. T2 - Symposium on Tribometry and Tribochemistry CY - Boston, MA, USA DA - 28.06.2017 KW - Slip-rolling KW - 2Disk KW - Friction KW - Wear KW - Tribofilms KW - Additive PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-40797 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pimentel, A. S. O. A1 - Guesser, W. L. A1 - Portella, Pedro Dolabella A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Burbank, J. T1 - Slip-rolling behavior of ductile and austempered ductile iron containing niobium or chromium JF - Materials performance and characterization N2 - The use of high niobium alloyed cast iron alloys is a relatively new approach in which the niobium addition intends to improve the properties of the material by the precipitation of hard niobium carbides during solidification. Steels can be replaced by ductile cast iron in some rolling applications, such as gears and cams, in order to reduce material costs. The aim of this work is to evaluate ductile iron alloyed with 1 weight percent (wt.%) niobium for the as cast specimens and with 1.8 wt.% and 2.4 wt.% niobium for the austempered specimens under lubricated slip-rolling tests using mixed/boundary conditions in an Amsler-type machine. Austempered ductile iron (ADI) alloyed with 1 wt.% chromium, or Carbidic ADI, was tested for comparison. For the as cast conditions, the niobium addition resulted in an increase of wear resistance owing to the low contact pressure of these tests. However, for the austempered specimens, the best performance was found for unalloyed ADI. The main factor acting in the initiation and propagation of cracks in ductile iron is the presence of the graphite nodules. The coarse carbides also contributed to the initiation of cracks and spalling of the material. KW - Ductile iron KW - Niobium alloying KW - Slip-rolling KW - Carbidic austempered ductile iron PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1520/MPC20180188 SN - 2165-3992 SN - 2379-1365 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 402 EP - 418 PB - ASTM International CY - West Conshohocken, Pa. AN - OPUS4-51209 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -