• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.254-261
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• 2018

In order to reduce resistance torque and energy loss, minimizing friction between race surface and rolling elements of a bearing is necessary. Recently, to reduce friction in bearing element, solid lubricant coating for the bearing raceway surface has been receiving much attention. Considering the operating conditions of real bearings, verifying the effect of solid lubricant coatings under extreme conditions of high load that is more than 1 GPa is necessary. In this study, we evaluated the friction and wear characteristics of SUJ2 bearing steels deposited by carbon-based coatings (Si-DLC, ta-C), $MoS_2$ and graphite. In case of $MoS_2$ and graphite coatings, different surface treatments were applied to the coatings to verify the effect of surface treatment. A pin-on-disc type tribotester was used to evaluate the tribological characteristics of the coatings. It was possible to quantitatively estimate the friction and wear characteristics of solid lubricant under dry and lubrication conditions. The carbon-based coatings improved the friction and wear properties of SUJ2 bearing steels under the high load condition, but $MoS_2$ and graphite coatings were not suitable for high load conditions due to its low hardness. Different friction and wear behaviors were found for different substrate surface treatment method. Also, it was confirmed that solid lubricant coatings had a more positive effect than just applying the lubricant for improving the tribological characteristics.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.179-189
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• 2006

High velocity oxygen fuel(HVOF) thermal spray coating of WC-Co powder is one of the most promising candidate for the replacement of the traditional hard chrome plating and ceramics coating because of the environmental problem of the very toxic $Cr^{6+}$ known as carcinogen and the brittleness of ceramics coating. WC-Co micron and nano powder were coated by HVOF thermal spraying method for the study of durability improvement of the high speed spindle. Coatings were planned by Taguchi program for the four spray parameters of spray distance, flow rates of hydrogen, oxygen and powder feed rate. Optimal coating process was obtained by the studies of coating properties such as porosity, surface roughness, micro hardness, and micro structure. WC-Co micron and nano powder were coated on the Inconel 718 substrate by the optimal coating process obtained in this study. The wear behaviors were studied by the sliding wear tester at room temperature and at an elevated temperature of $500^{\circ}C$ for the application to high speed spindle. Sliding wear test was carried out for four most promising hard coatings of chrome coating, ceramics coatings such as $A1_2O_3,\;Cr_2O_3$ and HVOF Co-alloy T800 for the comparison of their wear behaviors. HVOF WC-Co coating was better than other coatings showing highest micro hardness of 1400 Hv and comparable friction coefficients with others. HVOF WC-Co coating is a strong candidate for the replacement of the traditional hard chrome plating for the high speed spindle.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.193-198
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• 2020

Fluid film bearings are among the best devices used for overcoming friction and reducing wear. Surface texturing is a new surface treatment technique used for processing grooves and dimples on the lubricated surface, and it helps to minimize friction further and improve the wear resistance. In several studies, parallel surfaces, such as thrust bearings and mechanical face seals, have been investigated, but most sliding bearings have a convergent film shape. This paper presents the third part of a recent study and focuses on the effect of the groove shape on the lubrication performance of inclined slider bearings, following the two previous papers on the effects of the groove position and depth. We adopted the continuity and Navier - Stokes equations to conduct numerical analyses using FLUENT, which is a commercial computational fluid dynamics code. The groove shape adopted in the numerical analysis is rectangular and triangular, and its depth is varied. The results show that the streamlines, pressure distributions, and groove shape significantly influence the lubrication performance of the inclined slider bearing. For both shapes, the load-carrying capacity (LCC) is maximum near the groove depth, where vortices occur. In the shallow grooves, the LCC of the rectangular shape is higher, but in deeper grooves, that of the triangular shape is higher. The deeper the rectangular groove, the higher the decrease in the frictional force. The results of this study can be used as design data for various sliding bearings.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.267-275
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• 2001

Friction and wear properties of brake friction materials containing different metal fibers (Al, Cu or Steel fibers) were investigated. Based on a simple experimental formulation, friction materials with the same amount of metal fibers were tested using a pad-on-disk type friction tester. Two different materials (gray cast iron and aluminum metal matrix composite (MMC)) were used for disks rubbing against the friction materials. Results front ambient temperature tests revealed that the friction material containing Cu fibers sliding against gray cast iron disk showed a distinct negative $\mu$-v (friction coefficient vs. sliding velocity) relation implying possible stick-slip generation at low speeds. The negative $\mu$- v relation was not observed when the Cu-containing friction materials were rubbed against the Al-MMC counter surface. Elevated temperature tests showed that the friction level and the intensity of friction force oscillation were strongly affected by the thermal conductivity and melting temperature of metallic ingredients of the friction couple. Friction materials slid against cast iron disks exhibited higher friction coefficients than Al-MMC (metal matrix composite) disks during high temperature tests. On the other hand, high temperature test results suggested that copper fibers in the friction material improved fade resistance and that steel fibers were not compatible with Al-MMC disks showing severe material transfer and erratic friction behavior during sliding at elevated temperatures.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2022

With the world's fast expanding energy usage comes a slew of new issues. Because one-third of energy is lost in overcoming friction, tremendous effort is being directed into minimizing friction. Surface texturing is the latest surface treatment technology that uses grooves and dimples on the friction surface of the machine to significantly reduce friction and improve wear resistance. Despite the fact that many studies on this issue have been conducted, most of them focused on parallel surfaces, with relatively few cases of converging films, as in most sliding bearings. This study investigated the lubrication performance of surface-textured inclined slider bearings. We analyzed the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations using a commercial computational fluid dynamics code, FLUENT. The results show the pressure and velocity distributions and the lubrication performance according to the number and orientation of rectangular dimples. Partial texturing somewhat improves the lubrication performance of inclined slider bearings. The number of dimples with the maximum load-carrying capacity (LCC) and minimum friction is determined. When the major axis of the dimple is arranged in the sliding direction, the LCC and friction reduction are maximized. However, full texturing significantly reduces the LCC of the slider bearing and increases the flow rate. The results have the potential to improve the lubrication performance of various sliding bearings, but further research is required.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2023

This paper presents the fabrication process of water-lubricated plastic bearings. Plastic bearings require good mechanical properties and tribological properties as well as elasticity and shock resistance, especially when lubricated in dirty water conditions. In this study, sleeve-type plastic bearings are produced by winding a prepreg sheet, which primary contains nitrile rubber (NBR)-modified epoxy, self-lubricating fillers, and various types of lattice-structured reinforcing fibers such as carbon, Aramid, and polyethylene terephthalate. A thermosetting epoxy is chemically modified with NBR to impart elasticity and low-friction characteristics in water conditions. Experimental investigations are conducted to examine the mechanical and tribological characteristics of the developed bearing materials, and the results are compared with the characteristics of a commercial plastic bearing (Thordon SXL), well known as a water-lubricated bearing. A Thordon bearing (mainly composed of polyurethane) exhibits an extremely low load-bearing capacity and is thus only suitable for medium loading (1~10MPa). The tribological characteristics of the test materials are evaluated through Falex block-on-ring (LFW-1) friction and wear tests. The results indicate that friction exhibited by the carbon-fiber-reinforced NBR-10wt.%-modified epoxy composite material, incorporated with the addition of 20wt.% UHMWPE and 6wt.% paraffin wax, is lower than that of the Thorden bearings, whereas its wear resistance surpass that of Thorden ones. Because of these features, the load carrying capacity of the fabricated composite (>10MPa) is higher than that of the Thorden bearings. These results confirm the applicability of water-lubricated plastic bearing materials developed in this study.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.122-132
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• 1992

This study has been performed to investigate into some effects of the power density and traverse speed of laser beam on the optical microstructure, hardness and wear characteristics of medium carbon low alloy steel treated by laser surface hardening technique. The results obtained from the experiment are summarized as follows : (1) Optical micrograph has shown that finer lath martensite is formed and the amount of undissolved complex carbides increases as the traverse speed increases under the condition of a given power density, whereas the coarsening of lath martensite and the reduction of undissolved complex carbides occur with increasing the power density at a given traverse speed. (2) Hardness measurements have revealed that as the traverse speed increases, hardness values of outermost surface layer more of less decrease under low power densities, but are uniformly distributed under high power densities, also showing that they are uniformly distributed at low traverse speeds and more or less decrease at high traverse speeds with increasing the power density. (3) The effective case depth has been found to decrease from 0.26 mm to 0.17 mm with increasing the traverse speed from 1.5 m/min to 3.0 m/min at a given power density of $25.48{\times}10^3w/cm^2$ and to increase from 0.20 mm to 0.36 mm with increasing the power density from $19.11{\times}10^3w/cm^2$ to $38.22{\times}10^3w/cm^2$ at a given traverse speed of 2.0 m/min. (4) Wear test has exhibited that the amount of weight loss of laser surface hardened specimen with respect to sliding distance at a given load increases with increasing traverse speed at a given power density and decreses with increasing power density at a given traverse speed.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2019

목적: 본 연구의 목적은 적층 가공(additive manufacturing)법, 절삭 가공(subtractive manufacturing)법, 전통적인 방법에 따른 임시 수복용 레진의 마모 저항성을 조사하는 것이다. 재료 및 방법: 제작방법에 따라 4개의 군으로 나누었으며, 각 군은 전용의 임시 수복용 레진을 사용하였다: S3P군, Stereolithography apparatus (SLA) 3D 프린터 및 전용의 광경화성 수지로 제작한 군; D3P군, Digital Light Processing (DLP) 3D 프린터 및 전용의 광경화성 수지로 제작한 군; MIL군, Milling machine 및 밀링용 레진 블록으로 제작한 군; CON군, 전통적인 방법 및 자가중합형 레진으로 제작한 군. 한편, 3D 프린팅된 레진 시편을 제작함에 있어 적층 각도와 층 두께를 각각 $0^{\circ}$와 $100{\mu}m$로 설정하였다. 구강내 환경을 재현하기 위하여 열순환 처리와 수평, 수직운동이 가능한 2축 chewing simulator를 사용하였으며, 하부에는 한쪽면이 편평하게 제작된 임시 수복용 레진을, 상부에는 끝이 3 mm 직경을 가지는 원뿔형의 steatite를 고정하여 마모시험 진행하였다(5 kg, 30,000회, 0.8 Hz, $5^{\circ}C/55^{\circ}C$). 임시 수복용 레진의 마모량은 마모 전후의 Standard Triangulated Language (STL) 파일과 전용의 CAD software를 이용하여 부피를 계산하였고, 주사전자현미경으로 마모 양상을 비교하였다. 결과: S3P군, D3P군, MIL군의 마모량은 CON군보다 유의하게 작았으며 (P < .05), S3P군, D3P군, MIL군 사이에는 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 없었다 (P > .05). 주사전자현미경으로 마모면을 관찰한 결과, S3P군과 D3P군에서는 대합치의 운동 방향에 대해 수직적으로 갈라진 흔적이 발견되었다. MIL군에서는 전반적으로 균일한 마모면이 보인 반면, CON군에서는 대합치 운동 방향으로의 뚜렷한 마모 흔적과 다수의 기포가 관찰되었다. 결론: 본 연구의 한계 내에서, 3D 프린팅된 임시 수복용 레진은 치과용으로서 적절한 마모저항성을 보였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.231-239
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• 1999

세라믹 복합체의 미세구조는 이차상의 종류 및 양, 소결 조제, 그리고 소결 조건(즉, 소결온도, 압력, 유지시간)에 영향을 받는다. 또한, 내마모 특성은 미세구조와 작업 조건이 내마모 특성에 크게 영향을 미친다. 본 실험에서는 질화규소에 마그네시아의 양을 변화시켜 가압 소결(Hot Press) 방법으로 시편을 제조하였다. 마그네시아 양에 따른 미세구조, 기계적 특성(경도, 강도, 파괴인성), 그리고 다양한 분위기(공기, 물, paraffin oil)에서의 내마모 특성을 조사하였다. 질화규소에 마그네시아의 양이 증가하였을 때, 입계의 유리상이 $\beta$-상의 장주형 입자를 커지게 하고, 또한 Hertzian contact damage를 저하시킨다. 대기 중에서 내마모 거동은 강도뿐만 아니라 파괴인성과 관련이 있고, 물과 paraffin oil에서는 경도와 밀접하다. 물속에서 마모시험 중 많은 유리상이 물과 반응하는 것을 생각할 수 있다. 그러므로 마찰 화학적 반응(tribochemical reaction)은 마모도 저하시킨다. Paaraffin oil에서 높은 하중을 부하할 경우, Hertzian contact damage 때문에 초기 마모가 마모량에 지배적이다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2009

압전 구동기를 사용하여 상온 대기 중에서 프레팅 마멸 시험을 수행하기 위한 장치를 개발하였다. 구동기의 특성상 사용이 간편하며, 중력에 의한 가하중 방식을 채택하여 구조를 매우 단순화하였다. 개발된 시험기는 구동 시스템 자체의 마멸로 인한 미끄럼 운동 범위의 오차를 우려할 필요가 없다는 상대적 장점을 가진다. 본 연구에서 사용한 시험편의 경우 약 $600{\mu}m$ 이상 직경의 마멸흔이 생성되는 조건에서의 미끄럼 운동 범위의 평균 값 및 진폭의 변동은 각각 $3.3{\mu}m$ 과 $2.3{\mu}m$ 이내인 것으로 측정되었으며, 마멸흔의 크기에 비추어 볼 때 이는 만족할 만한 운동 정밀도라 판단된다. 제작된 시험기를 사용하여 인코넬 690 튜브의 프레팅 마멸 시험을 수행하였다. 수직 하중 10N 및 15N 에서 $10^6$ 사이클 동안 미끄럼 진폭을 최대 $82.7{\mu}m$까지 변화시킨 시험 결과를 정량화 하였으며, 이로부터 마멸 상수를 구하였다 또한 마멸 자국의 크기와 마멸 부피로부터 마멸 진행 거동이 상이한 세 영역을 구별할 수 있었다. 전자현미경 관찰을 통해 마멸흔을 살펴보았으며, 돌출부, 판상 층, 거친 모재 표면 등과 여기에 생성된 균열 등이 관찰되었다. 이를 통해 인코넬 690 튜브의 프레팅 마멸은 연삭 마멸과 더불어 입자의 분리 및 압착, 소성 변형과 판상 층의 형성, 균열의 생성 및 박리 등의 복합적 과정으로 진행됨을 알 수 있었다.