Engine testing of ceramic cam-roller followers

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7238378· OSTI ID:7238378

Kalish, Y ^[1]

---

1. Detroit Diesel Corp., MI (United States)

For several years, DDC has been developing monolithic ceramic heat engine components. One of the components, developed for an application in our state-of-the-art on-highway, heavy-duty diesel engine, the Series 60, is a silicon nitride cam-roller follower. Prior to starting this program, each valve train component in the Series 60 was considered for conversion to a ceramic material. Many advantages and disadvantages (benefits and risks) were considered. From this effort, one component was selected, the cam-roller follower. Using a system design approach, a ceramic cam-roller follower offered functional improvement at a reasonable cost. The purpose of the project was to inspect and test 100 domestically produced silicon nitride cam-roller followers built to the requirements of the DDC series 60 engine.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); Detroit Diesel Corp., MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7238378
• Report Number(s): ORNL/Sub-90-SF985/1; ON: DE92019188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330102* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Diesel
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360203 -- Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories-- Mechanical Properties
42 ENGINEERING
420500 -- Engineering-- Materials Testing
CERAMICS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DIESEL ENGINES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLEXURAL STRENGTH
FLOW REGULATORS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICAL TESTS
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PNICTIDES
PROGRESS REPORT
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON NITRIDES
TESTING
VALVES
WEAR