Journal
TRIBOLOGY TRANSACTIONS
Volume 59, Issue 6, Pages 1039-1047Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2015.1131349
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PVD; ball coatings; metal-DLC; oil-starved; debris-damaged
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- Timken Company
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In this study, a process was developed to deposit wear-resistant metal-doped diamond-like amorphous hydrocarbon and carbon coatings onto spherical rolling elements. Nanocomposite WC/a-C:H, TiC/a-C, and Ti/a-C:H coatings were applied in a closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering system and their mechanical, compositional, and microstructural properties were examined. The ability of the coated spherical rolling elements to affect bearing performance in normal, oil-starved, and debris-damaged conditions was evaluated in thrust bearing tests. WC/a-C:H-coated spherical rolling elements (balls) exhibit the ability to improve bearing performance in normal, oil-starved, and debris-damaged conditions.
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