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- Title
The Effect of a Gear Oil on Abrasion, Scuffing, and Pitting of the DLC-Coated 18CrNiMo7-6 Steel.
- Authors
Michalczewski, Remigiusz; Kalbarczyk, Marek; Mańkowska-Snopczyńska, Anita; Osuch-Słomka, Edyta; Piekoszewski, Witold; Snarski-Adamski, Andrzej; Szczerek, Marian; Tuszyński, Waldemar; Wulczyński, Jan; Wieczorek, Andrzej
- Abstract
The transmissions of mining conveyors are exposed to very harsh conditions. These are primarily related to the contamination of the gear oil with hard particles coming from coal and lignite, which can cause intensive abrasive wear, scuffing, and even pitting, limiting the life of gears. One of the ways to prevent this problem is the deposition of a wear-resistant coating onto gear teeth. However, a proper choice of gear oil is an important issue. The abrasion, scuffing, and pitting tests were performed using simple, model specimens. A pin and vee block tester was employed for research on abrasion and scuffing. To test pitting, a modified four-ball pitting tester was used, where the top ball was replaced with a cone. The test pins, vee blocks, and cones were made of 18CrNiMo7-6 case-hardened steel. A new W-DLC/CrN coating was tested. It was deposited on the vee blocks and cones. For lubrication, three commercial industrial gear oils were used: A mineral oil, and two synthetic ones with polyalphaolefin (PAO) or polyalkylene glycol (PAG) bases. The results show that, to minimize the tendency forabrasion, scuffing, and pitting, the (W-DLC/CrN)-8CrNiMo7-6 tribosystems should be lubricated by the PAO gear oil.
- Subjects
COAL mining; LIGNITE mining; MECHANICAL wear
- Publication
Coatings (2079-6412), 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1, p2
- ISSN
2079-6412
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/coatings9010002