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http://dx.doi.org/10.7839/ksfc.2018.15.1.010

Sliding Contact Analysis between Chromium Plated Hydraulic Cylinder Rod and Seals  

Park, Tae Jo (School of Mechanical Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National University)
Kim, Min Gyu (Undergraduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of Drive and Control / v.15, no.1, 2018 , pp. 10-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
The hydraulic cylinder seals are used not only to protect leakage of the working fluids but also to prevent incoming of foreign particles into the system. Chromium plating is generally applied to improve corrosion and wear resistance. It has been noticed that sealing surface damage occurs due to the hard foreign/wear particles contained in the hydraulic oil. In this study, a three-bodied sliding contact problem related with a PTFE seal, a spherical particle and chrome-plated steel substrate is modeled to investigate the relations to wear mechanism. Using the nonlinear finite element software, MARC/MENTAT, the deformed shapes, the von Mises and first principal stress distributions with plating thickness were compared. The sealing surface was mainly abraded by hard particles embedded in the seal. The plastic deformation of the steel substrate decreased with thicker plating. Hence it could be more effective to coat the sealing surface of a hydraulic cylinder with a hard material such as TiN, TiC and DLC.
Keywords
Chromium plating; Hydraulic cylinder; Particle; Seal; Sliding contact analysis; Wear;
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