Dans une opération de mise en forme, les propriétés volumiques des matériaux ne sont pas les seules garantes de la réussite du procédé. Les aspects surfaciques, en lien notamment avec les propriétés tribologiques des corps en contact (tôle, lubrifiant, outils) se révèlent tout aussi importants. Il convient en ce sens de maîtriser et optimiser autant que faire se peut les conditions de contact lors d’un glissement entre la tôle et l’outillage afin d’assurer la réussite de l’opération de formage.Ces travaux de thèse portent sur la caractérisation d’une solution alternative de lubrification, nommée AFULudine, par fonctionnalisation de surface à base de molécules organiques ; solution ayant pour ambition de se substituer aux huiles minérales chlorées, performantes dans le travail des aciers inoxydables mais particulièrement nocives pour l’environnement et difficiles d’application.Les caractérisations physico-chimiques de surface (IR, électrochimie, MEB) montrent le greffage effectif d’une couche de molécules chimisorbées en surface de l’oxyde métallique, avec une cinétique de l’ordre de quelques secondes. Celle-ci est recouverte d’amas cristallisés et formés en un second temps pendant la phase d’évaporation du solvant. Des analyses morphologiques des cristaux sont réalisées montrant que leur densité et leur structure sont intimement liées au bon comportement tribologique de la surface fonctionnalisée.Le comportement tribologique des tôles (substrat en acier inoxydable ferritique K41 – 1.4509) ainsi traitées a été investigué à la fois grâce à un tribomètre d’étirage-plan permettant de découpler les influences de différentes conditions de sollicitations, telles que la pression de contact, la montée en température des outils ou encore l’influence de la déformation plastique à coeur du matériau, mais aussi en conditions réelles, à l’aide d’une presse d’emboutissage semi-industrielle. De manière plus fondamentale, la formation et la stabilité du tribofilm créé à l’interface a été analysé par l’utilisation d’un micro-tribomètre linéaire en géométrie sphère/plan couplé à de la microscopie électronique et des analyses EDS. / During forming processes, bulk properties of material are not the only guarantee in a process achievement. Surfacicalaspects, mainly coupled with tribological properties of bodies in contact (metal sheet, lubricant, tool) prove to be alsosignificant. It is therefore necessary to control and optimize the contact conditions during a sheet/tool sliding in order toguarantee the success of a forming process.The present work concerns a green lubricant solution characterization, named AFULudine, produced by thefunctionalization of the metallic surface with organic molecules. This solution was developed in substitution to the usualmineral oils, effective in stainless steel stamping but deterious for environment.Physicochemical surface characterization (IR, electrochemistry, SEM) show that the grafting of chemisorbed molecules ontothe surface occures in few seconds. This layer is covered by physisorbed and crystallised species which appear during thesolvent evaporation time. Morphological analyses of these crystals show that both density and structure determine thetribological behavior of the functionalized surface.Sheets tribological behavior (stainless steel ferritic grade, 1.4509 - K41) after treatment, has been investigated thanks to astrip drawing tribometer, allowing to dissociate the influence of various sollicitations conditions (such as contact pressure,tools temperature or plastic deformation of the material) and on an industrial scale with an Erichsen press. Fundamentally,tribo-layerʹs formation and stability have been analysed with the use of a linear micro-tribometer (ball on plane type)coupled with electronic microscopy and EDS analyses.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T17:19:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudinei Franco.pdf: 6129117 bytes, checksum: 6059aaddb2af97db39be8b6299acf549 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The interest for improvements in tribological properties of materials, more specifically in steels with low and medium carbon content are of great importance for mechanical components life time. In this work, thermochemical treatments were carried out on ABNT 1020 and ABNT 1045 steels, in order to compare and evaluate the tribological behavior and also the phases and layers formed, to the different types of treatments which are: boronizing, nitriding and multi component boronizing (also known as duplex treatment). The specific objectives were to plan the different ways of treatment; evaluate and compare the effect of the substrate according to the microstructure, support and interface of the layers formed through the treatments; characterize the wear mechanisms for the different treatments and compare the results of both materials. The thermochemical treatments were carried out, using as basis previous works performed by the powder metallurgy research group. Boronizing and nitriding treatments were carried out by solid means, multi component boronizing treatment was performed in two ways: in the first one, boronizing was followed by nitriding (BN) and the in the second one, nitriding was followed by boronizing (NB). These duplex treatments were performed with the same conditions of time and temperature used for nitriding and boronizing treatments. Pin-on-disk sliding wear tests were performed using WC-Co (hard metal) balls as counter body. Through the test it was possible to evaluate the tribological behaviour. Friction coefficient, volume of removed material and wear mechanisms were determined. The microhardness of the formed layers was measured at the surface and on the cross section of the specimens. X-ray diffraction was used to confirm the formed compounds on nitriding, boronizing and boron-nitriding (duplex) treatments. The results showed an increase in the hardness of the surface layer and a reduction in the amount of removed material (volume) in all thermochemical treatments comparing with the condition of non-treated samples. Regarding the tribological behavior, by evaluating the thermochemically treated samples, the nitrided samples of ABNT 1020 presented the highest amount of removed material (0,078 mm3) and its hardness was 436 HV0.05. The boronized ABNT 1020 steel presented the lower amount of removed material (0,013 mm3). The boronized ABNT 1045 steel reached the highest mean hardness on the surface (1750 HV0.05) and the NB duplex treatment in this material provided the highest hardness of the formed layer, about 2270 HV0.05. / O interesse por melhorias nas propriedades tribológicas de materiais, mais específico em aços com baixo e médio teor de carbono são de grande importância para a vida útil de componentes mecânicos. Neste trabalho foram realizados diversos tratamentos termoquímicos em aços ABNT 1020 e ABNT 1045, com o objetivo de comparar e avaliar o comportamento tribológico e também as fases e camadas formadas, para as diferentes formas de tratamentos que são: boretação, nitretação e boretação multicomponente (também conhecido como tratamento duplex). Os objetivos específicos foram: planejar as formas de tratamentos; avaliar e comparar o efeito do substrato relacionado à microestrutura, ao suporte e interface das camadas formadas nos tratamentos realizados; caracterizar os mecanismos e formas de desgastes para os diversos tratamentos e comparar entre os dois materiais. Os tratamentos termoquímicos foram realizados, utilizando como base trabalhos anteriores que foram realizados no grupo de pesquisa de metalurgia do pó. Os tratamentos de boretação e nitretação foram realizados por via sólida, o tratamento de boretação multicomponente foi realizado de duas formas: na primeira foi realizada a boretação seguido de nitretação (BN) e a segunda foi a nitretação seguido de boretação (NB), nos tratamentos duplex utilizaram-se os mesmos parâmetros de boretação e nitretação. Foram realizados ensaios de desgaste por deslizamento do tipo pino sobre disco, com esferas de WC-Co (metal duro) como contra corpo. Foram avaliados: o coeficiente de atrito, o volume de material removido e os mecanismos de desgaste. A dureza da camada formada foi avaliada por microdureza na superfície e na seção transversal. Difratometria de raios-X foi utilizada para a comprovação da formação das camadas de nitretos, boretos e boro-nitretos (duplex). Os resultados mostraram melhoras principalmente na dureza da camada superficial e redução no volume de material removido, em todos os tratamentos termoquímicos, quando comparado com amostras sem tratamento. Em relação ao comportamento tribológico, avaliando as amostras tratadas termoquimicamente, as amostras nitretadas do aço ABNT 1020 foram as que apresentaram os piores resultados com volume de material removido de 0,078 mm3 e dureza de 436 HV0,05. Já a boretação no aço ABNT 1020 foi o tratamento que apresentou o melhor desempenho em volume de material removido com 0,013 mm3. O aço ABNT 1045 com tratamento de boretação apresentou a maior dureza média na superfície, com 1750 HV0,05 e o tratamento duplex NB neste mesmo material proporcionou a maior dureza na seção transversal, resultante da camada formada de nitretos-boro com 2270 HV0,05.

Le rôle des constituants au sein des matériaux de friction pour garniture de frein est encore mal connu du fait, d’une part de la complexité des formulations de ces matériaux composites organiques, d’autre part de la sollicitation induite par le freinage qui engendre de multiples phénomènes physiques. Il s’avère donc particulièrement difficile d’établir les liens entre la composition d’une garniture et ses performances. Les travaux ont concerné une garniture de frein industrielle pour véhicule poids lourd. Une étude préalable a été réalisée du point de vue de sa microstructure et de ses constituants, de ses propriétés, de son élaboration et de ses performances en freinage. La démarche expérimentale adoptée a reposé sur le développement i) d’une formulation « modèle », déduite de la formulation industrielle par simplification de la composition, ii) d’un essai d’usure représentatif de sollicitations de freinage, pour aborder le fonctionnement tribologique des constituants dans une configuration simplifiée. Deux constituants ont été plus particulièrement étudiés, des particules de laiton et des fibres de verre introduites dans la formulation modèle prise en référence. L’analyse des performances a porté sur la compréhension des liens entre les mécanismes de frottement et d’usure, la microstructure et les propriétés des matériaux et leur comportement tribologique / The role of the constituents within friction materials for brake lining still largely unknown due to the complexity of these organic composite formulations and to the induced solicitation by braking which generates multiple physical phenomena. Therefore, it is especially difficult to establish the relationship between the composition of a brake lining and its performance. The work has concerned an industrial brake lining for heavy vehicle. A preliminary study was conducted in terms of its microstructure, constituents, properties, elaboration and its braking performance. The experimental approach was based, on the one hand, on the development of a “model” formulation, derived from the simplification of the industrial one and, on the other hand, on a specific wear test representative of braking solicitations, to take up the tribological behaviour of constituents in the framework of a simplified configuration. Brass particles and glass fibres have been particularly studied, introduced into the model formulation taken as a reference. The analysis of performance has focused on understanding the relationship between friction and wear mechanisms, microstructure and properties of materials, and their tribological behaviour