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Influence of ANS Triboconditioning on friction and fatigue in rolling contact configurations
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics.
2019 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The automotive industry is constantly being challenged by customers and authorities to enhance the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE) in order to achieve improved fuel consumption and reduced emissions. There are several interfaces within the design of an ICE that causes frictional losses, one of them is the valvetrain. An approach to reducing the friction in the valvetrain of modern engines is to implement cam-follower rollers, resulting in a rolling rather than sliding contact when interacting with the camshaft. The prominent type of wear in rolling contacts is surface fatigue, and specifically a phenomenon called micropitting. The company in collaboration with this project is Applied Nano Surfaces Sweden AB (ANS), located in Uppsala, Sweden. The company have specialized in surface treatment methods of mechanical components. ANS has developed a mechano-chemical treatment method called ANS Triboconditioning, which have shown beneficial friction and wear reducing properties when applied to metal surfaces. This thesis was conducted to investigate how the ANS Triboconditioning would affect the frictional behaviour compared to established surface treatment methods and the occurrence of micropitting in rolling contact configurations. Two types of test programs was implemented into a Wazau UTM 2000 Twin-Disc Tribometer. No clear trend could be established from the micropitting tests and therefore no conclusion regarding if ANS Triboconditioning affects the occurrence of micropitting damage in a positive or negative manner could be stated. The results from the friction test indicated an overall reduction in friction for the test specimens that had been treated with ANS Triboconditioning when compared to specimens that only had been treated with already established surface treatment methods. Summarized, additional tests and analyses are necessary in order to statistically confirm the observed results and determine their respective trends.

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2019. , p. 100
Keywords [en]
Tribology, friction, fatigue, micropitting, surface engineering, twin-disc, triboconditioning, LTU
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Mechanical Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-75597OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-75597DiVA, id: diva2:1344169
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Applied Nano Surfaces Sweden AB
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Student thesis, at least 30 credits
Educational program
Mechanical Engineering, master's level
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Available from: 2019-08-23 Created: 2019-08-20 Last updated: 2019-08-23Bibliographically approved

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