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Slip-rolling resistant thin film ta-C coatings for up to 3.000 MPa of Hertzian contact pressure
(2009)
OEMs perceive diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings as part of a strategy for low frictional tribosystems. Especially the automotive industry anticipates a benefit in applying such coatings in association with the lightweight construction of mechanical parts, for instance in gears and engines. In previous investigations it was shown, that DLC, amorphous carbon (a-C) and tetragonal amorphous carbon (ta-C) coatings can be slip-rolling resistant at least up to ten million load cycles at Hertzian contact pressures P0max of 2.9 GPa lubricated by engine oil at 120°C, Further improvements in load carrying capacity up to P0mean of 2.62 GPa (FN= 5,000 N) were achieved with alternative, available Steel metallurgies as Substrates for thin film coatings. Additional factors, such as influences of the lubrication on the surface chemistry (additives and base oils), wear and friction behavior were investigated.
Highly concentrated or loaded contacts in powertrain and gear applications offer significant weight savings in C02 emissions. Today, thin film coatings, alternative base oils and new additives are populär as working fields and strategies of OEMs to realize low friction tribosystems. Especially the automotive industry anticipates environmental and performance benefits in applying light-weight construction of mechanical parts, for instance in gears and engines. Light-weight strategies increase the contact stresses above 2.14 GPa (or FZG load stage 14) due to the reduction of component sizes. These demands directly raise questions about the suitability of the most promising technical solution. Alternative steels with improved mechanical properties, i.e. toughness values, which offer low coefficients of friction, optimal resistance to high contact pressure and potential to apply low friction surface coatings representing a valid alternative to conventional gear steels. Traditional bearing and gear steels, such as 100Cr6 (SAE E52100) or 16MnCr5 (1.7131) have reached their mechanical limits at contact pressures above FZG load stage 14.