Friction reduction by texturing of DLC coatings sliding against steel under oil lubrication

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 204, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3794-3797

  Koskinen, Jari ^a   Tapper, Unto ^b   Andersson, Peter ^b   Varjus, Simo ^b   Kolehmainen, Jukka ^c   Tervakangas, Sanna ^c   Buss, Wolfgang ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c DIARC Technology Inc   (Finland)

^d Fuchs Europe Schmierstoffe GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lubrication; Pulsed plasma deposition; Surface texturing; Tribology

Indexed keywords

CARBON COATING; CHEMICAL DEPOSITION; COATED SURFACE; COATING GROWTH; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DLC COATINGS; DRY SLIDING; FRICTION REDUCTION; FRICTION-REDUCING; HAZARDOUS LUBRICANTS; INNOVATIVE METHOD; METAL PARTICLE; METAL-FORMING PROCESS; METALLIC POWDER; MICROMETER SIZES; NANOMETER SIZE; OIL LUBRICATION; PORE GEOMETRY; PULSED PLASMA DEPOSITION; PULSED VACUUM ARC; RECIPROCATING FRICTION; SURFACE TEXTURING; TETRAHEDRAL AMORPHOUS CARBON (TA-C) FILMS; TEXTURED COATINGS; TRIBOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; TRIBOLOGICAL TESTS; WEAR AND FRICTION;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON FILMS; CERMETS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; FRICTION; METAL FORMING; MICROMETERS; PLASMA DEPOSITION; TEXTURING; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 77953913637     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.04.058     Document Type: Article

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