Journal
WEAR
Volume 271, Issue 9-10, Pages 1862-1867Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.11.038
Keywords
Self lubricating steel; In situ; Scuffing resistance
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The production of self lubrication composites containing second phase particles incorporated into the volume of the material appears to be a promising solution. A new processing route to obtaining a homogeneous dispersion of discrete solid lubricant particles in the volume of sintered steels produced by metal injection molding (MIM) was recently presented. This new route was achieved by in situ formation of graphite nodules due to the dissociation of precursor (SiC particles) mixed with the metallic matrix powders during the feedstock preparation. Nodules of graphite (size <= 20 mu m) presenting a nanostructured stacking of graphite foils a few nanometers thick were obtained. The thermal debinding, as well as the sintering, was performed in a single thermal cycle using a Plasma Assisted Debinding and Sintering (PADS) process. In this work, we present and discuss the effect of precursor content and sintering temperature on the scuffing resistance of plasma assisted debinded and sintered self lubricating steel produced by metal injection mould technique. Three different temperatures (1100, 1150 and 1200 degrees C) and six different SiC contents (0-5%) were analyzed. Increasing the precursor content and, as a consequence, the number of graphite nodules, produced a clear increase in scuffing resistance for all analyzed sintering temperatures. Friction coefficient was little affected by the sintering temperature. However, the scuffing resistance was greatly increased (5x) for the lower sintering temperature (1100 degrees C). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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