The potential for significant performance increases, using ceramic materials in un-lubricated rolling element bearing applications, has been the subject of research over the past two decades. Practical advantages over steel include increased ability to withstand high loads, severe environments and high speeds. However, widespread acceptance has been limited by the inability to predict wear life for ceramic bearing applications. In this thesis, the rolling contact wear of 52100 bearing steel and Over-aged Magnesia-Partially-Stabilised Zirconia (OA-Mg-PSZ) ceramic are examined using a newly developed rolling contact wear test rig. The new wear test rig simulates the system geometry of an un-lubricated hybrid (ceramic and steel) ball bearing. The new wear test rig is versatile in that it allows low cost samples to be utilised resulting in a larger number of samples that can be tested. Wear samples of 52100 bearing steel and OA-Mg-PSZ produced by the new wear test rig were examined for mass loss and wear depth. The wear behavior of both the steel and ceramic material showed a dependence on operating variables time and load. Load was varied between 300N to 790N. Typical mass loss after 1 hour of testing 52100 bearing steel at 790N was 0.03 grams as compared to OA-Mg-PSZ which was 0.001 grams. The rolling contact wear of the OA-Mg-PSZ was an order of magnitude lower than that of the 52100 bearing steel. The wear mechanism for 52100 bearing steel was typical of plastic deformation and shearing near and below the surface of rolling contact. Once cracks extend to reach the surface, thin flat like sheets are produced. In OA-Mg-PSZ the wear mechanism initially is that of plastic deformation on the scale of the surface asperities with asperity polishing occurring followed by lateral cracks and fatigue spallation. Results obtained using the new rolling contact wear test rig led to the establishment of a new equation for wear modeling of 52100 bearing steel and OA-Mg-PSZ ceramic materials.

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High rolling contact fatigue parts are vital for the long service life of fuel pumps. Cummins Fuel Systems are currently using an M2 tool steel for one of the most important roller bearing application in their pumps, namely the cam follower. The future design of the cam follower is a pin-less tappet roller. The wear and fatigue properties of the roller is vital to ensure reliability of the fuel system. M2 tool steel is an expensive material and becomes even more so if diamond like coating (DLC) is needed to decrease the friction coefficients. To cut costs of the fuel pump it might be possible to replace the M2 tool steel with 52100 steel (100Cr6). Competitive methods have proven that carbonitrided 52100 can reach excellent wear and fatigue properties making it a candidate to replace M2 tool steel. How the properties of hardness, toughness and compressive residual stresses are developed in 52100 and how they affect the fatigue and wear resistance has been researched from the literature. A big part of this project was to do an extensive analysis of a roller bearing that was believed to have gone through one of these competitive methods that produce excellent wear and fatigue resistance. The analysis was done with background to the knowledge gathered from the literature. Finally process trials were set up to carbonitride 52100 steel samples. The trials were done to develop a better understanding of how adding carbon together with nitrogen to the surface of 52100 steel will influence the metallurgical parameters that results in good wear and fatigue resistance. From this analysis Cummins hope to create a process recipe that can be used for carbonitriding the cam follower and maybe other components in their fuel systems.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:57:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JanainaSS.pdf: 6774864 bytes, checksum: 445b5e932b89fcc09c4b97403b959e26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-02 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Low cost seals are made of NBR, Nitrile Butadiene Rubber, a family of unsaturated copolymers that is higher resistant to oils the more content of nitrile have in its composition, although lower its flexibility. In Petroleum Engineering, NBR seal wear can cause fluid leakage and environmental damages, promoting an increasing demand for academic knowledge about polymeric materials candidate to seals submitted to sliding contacts to metal surfaces. This investigation aimed to evaluate tribological responses of a commercial NBR, hardness 73 ? 5 Sh A, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), hardness 60 ? 4 HRE and PTFE with graphite, 68 ? 6 HRE. The testings were performed on a sliding tribometer conceived to explore the tribological performance of stationary polymer plane coupons submitted to rotational cylinder contact surface of steel AISI 52100, 20 ? 1 HRC Hardness, under dry and lubricated (oil SAE 15W40) conditions. After screening testings, the normal load, relative velocity and sliding distance were 3.15 N, 0.8 m/s and 3.2 km, respectively. The temperatures were collected over distances of 3.0?0.5 mm and 750?50 mm far from the contact to evaluate the heating in this referential zone due to contact sliding friction by two thermocouples K type. The polymers were characterized through Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). The wear mechanisms of the polymer surfaces were analyzed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and EDS (Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy). NBR referred to the higher values of heating, suggesting higher sliding friction. PTFE and PTFE with graphite showed lower heating, attributed to the delamination mechanism / Retentores de baixo custo s?o comercialmente dispon?veis de NBR, copol?meros insaturados de borrachas de nitrilo-butadieno que s?o mais resistentes aos ?leos quanto mais altos forem seus teores de nitrila, ? custa de uma menor flexibilidade. Em Engenharia de Petr?leo, o desgaste dos retentores de NBR causa vazamento de fluidos e danos ambientais, provocando uma crescente demanda de conhecimento acad?mico sobre materiais polim?ricos candidatos a retentor submetidos a contatos de deslizamento com superf?cies de metal. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar respostas tribol?gicas de tr?s pol?meros comercialmente dispon?veis, NBR, dureza 73 ? 5 Sh A, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), dureza 60 ? 4 HRE e PTFE com grafite, 68 ? 6 HRE. Os ensaios foram realizados em um trib?metro de deslizamento concebido para explorar o desempenho tribol?gico de corpos-de-prova polim?ricos estacion?rios de superf?cie plana submetidos a um contato seco ou lubrificado (?leo SAE 15W40) de uma superf?cie rotativa cil?ndrica de a?o 52100, dureza 20 ? 1 HRC. A carga normal, a velocidade relativa e a dist?ncia de deslizamento foram, respectivamente, 3,15 N, 0,8 m/s e 3,2 km, determinadas ap?s ensaios explorat?rios iniciais. As temperaturas foram medidas por dois termopares tipo K a 3,0?0,5 mm e 750?50 mm de dist?ncia do contato para avaliar-se o aquecimento em uma mesma regi?o devido ao atrito de deslizamento no contato. Os pol?meros foram caracterizados atrav?s de An?lises Termogravim?tricas (TGA), Calorimetria Diferencial Explorat?ria (DSC) e An?lises Din?mico-Mec?nica (DMA). Os mecanismos de desgaste das superf?cies dos pol?meros foram analisados por Microscopia Eletr?nica de Varredura (MEV) e EDS (Espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva de Raios-X). NBR apresentou os maiores valores de aquecimento, sugerindo maior atrito de deslizamento. PTFE e PTFE grafitado apresentaram um menor aquecimento, atribu?do ao mecanismo de desgaste por delamina??o

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