Development of wear-resistant ceramic coatings for diesel engine components
- Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, IN (United States)
The tribological properties of a variety of advanced coating materials have been evaluated under conditions which simulate the piston ring -- cylinder liner environment near top ring reversal in a heavy duty diesel engine. Coated ring'' samples were tested against a conventional pearlitic grey cast iron liner material using a high temperature reciprocating wear test rig. Tests were run with a fresh CE/SF 15W40lubricant at 200 and 350{degrees}C, with a high-soot, engine-tested oil at 200{degrees}C and with no lubrication at 200{degrees}C. For lowest wear under boundary lubricated conditions, the most promising candidates to emerge from this study were high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) Cr{sub 3} C{sub 2} - 20% NiCr and WC - 12% Co cermets, low temperature arc vapor deposited (LTAVD) CrN and plasma sprayed chromium oxides. Also,plasma sprayed Cr{sub 2}O{sub 3} and A1{sub 2}O{sub 3}-ZrO{sub 2} materials were found to give excellent wear resistance in unlubricated tests and at extremely high temperatures (450{degrees}C) with a syntheticoil. All of these materials would offer substantial wear reductions compared to the conventional electroplated hard chromium ring facing and thermally sprayed metallic coatings, especially at high temperatures and with high-soot oils subjected to degradation in diesel environments. The LTAVD CrN coating provided the lowest lubricated wear rates of all the materials evaluated, but may be too thin (4 {mu}m) for use as a top ring facing. Most of the coatings evaluated showed higher wear rates with high-soot, engine-tested oil than with fresh oil, with increases of more than a factor of ten in some cases. Generally, metallic materials were found to be much more sensitive to soot/oil degradation than ceramic and cermet coatings. Thus, decreased soot sensitivity'' is a significant driving force for utilizing ceramic or cermet coatings in diesel engine wear applications.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); Cummins Engine Co., Inc., Columbus, IN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 7070093
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/Sub-87-SA581/1; ON: DE92041382
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CERAMICS
CERMETS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM CARBIDES
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
COATINGS
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DEPOSITION
DIESEL ENGINES
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ENGINES
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LINERS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MICROSTRUCTURE
NICKEL ALLOYS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASMA ARC SPRAYING
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REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SPRAY COATING
SPUTTERING
SURFACE COATING
TESTING
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WEAR
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