Contact fatigue behavior of nano-ZrO2/Ni coating prepared by electro-brush plating

Nano-ZrO₂/Ni composite coatings were prepared through co-depositing nano-ZrO₂ particles and pure nickel by electro-brush plating (EBP). By analyzing the effects of microstructure, annealing and load on contact fatigue life, the contact fatigue behavior of the nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating was investigated. Furthermore, the contact fatigue behaviors of the nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating and the nickel EBP coating were compared. The results show that the nano-ZrO₂ particles in the as-deposited nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating were partially conglomerated, and the microstructure of the annealed nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating was finer. Under the as-deposited condition, the contact fatigue life of the nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating was much lower than that of the nickel EBP coating. After the annealing process, the contact fatigue life of the nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating was greatly increased and much higher than that of the nickel EBP coating. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the fatigue fracture zones and the transmission electron microscope (TEM) images of microstructure of the deformation layer show that the annealing could improve the ductility of the nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating, and the nano-ZrO₂ particles could restrain the propagation of the fatigue cracks, which contributed to the enhancement of the contact fatigue properties of the nano-ZrO₂/Ni EBP coating.     

Quality improvement of ball-end milled sculptured surfaces by ball burnishing

In this paper, the use of the ball burnishing process to improve the final quality of form tools (moulds and dies) is studied. This process changes the roughness of the previously ball-end milled surfaces, achieving the finishing requirements for plastic injection moulds and stamping dies. Ball burnishing can be easily applied in the same machining centres as those used for milling. In this way, both lead times and production costs can be dramatically reduced.

Both the burnishing system and its main parameters are taken into account, considering their influence on finishing. Workpiece surface integrity is ensured due to the surface smoothing effect of process and the associated cold working. Examples of different materials, machined surfaces, and industrial applications are explained, with respect to the maximum and mean surface roughness achieved.

The main conclusion is that using a large radial depth of cut in the previous ball-end milling operation, together with a small radial depth during burnishing can produce acceptable final roughness. Savings of production times are high, as burnishing is applied using the maximum linear feed of the machine, while milling must be made at moderate feeds. Moreover, ball burnishing NC programming is less critical and needs less care in its definition than CAM for milling.     

高硼铸钢的制备与应用

针对常用磨球材质脆性大、耐磨性低、磨耗高,以硼为主要合金元素,研制了高硼铸钢磨球。为了净化钢液,研究了高硼钢液吹氩净化工艺,选择氩气流量1 5~2 5 L/min,氩气压力1 0~1 5 MPa,吹氩时间5~8 min,吹氩后钢液的静置时间5~8 min的吹氩净化处理工艺,钢液净化效果好。高硼铸钢磨球经9 5 0~1 0 5 0℃加热后快速淬火和1 8 0~2 5 0℃回火处理后,具有硬度高、硬度均匀性好和韧性高等特点,用于研磨矿粉和煤粉,磨耗与高铬铸铁球相当,成本降低3 0%以上,综合效益显著。     

精密分度装置中蜗轮副的啮合分析

对新型蜗轮剐齿面啮合进行理论分析，指出它的一些特性：齿面容易获得较高精度；接触线走向容易形成油膜；齿面诱导曲率小，可承受较大载荷，使用寿命长。     

表面工程系统接触力学模型

在任何严峻条件下现代机械运行中综合性能的迫切需求促进了许多先进表面工程技术的迅速发展。因而，设计者在结构设计时将有许多表面工程技术可以选择。但是，怎样为一种特定的应用选择一种最优化的表面工程方法对设计者来说又是一种挑战。为了这个目标，在现代多层表面接触理论的基础上建立起一种接触力学模型，考虑到了多层结构、真实表面粗糙度和摩擦影响。这种力学模型可以成功地预测表面工程结构的性能。文中首先回顾了赫兹接触理论的发展过程，然后讨论了伯明翰多层真实粗糙表面接触力学模型，并用实例示范了一系列关于动载荷下表面工程结构设计的主要步骤。     

机床模态特性的有限元分析

采用了ANSYS软件对机床模态特性进行了有限元分析。在有限元模型中引入了用户自定义单元来模拟结合面的刚度。重点分析了机床固定立柱和底座结合面的刚度对机床模态的影响，为机床的下一步设计提供了参考。     

大型球磨机衬板材料的研究和应用

研究成功了一种适合于制造大型球磨机衬板的新材料.在不含钼、镍等贵重合金元素前提下,设计的中碳钢以硅、锰、铬为主要合金元素,并加入少量钛、钙、硼、钇、钾、钠等元素,改善钢的组织和淬透性.新材料具有足够的淬透性和淬硬性,经油冷淬火和中温回火处理后,硬度大于55 HRC,冲击韧性大于25 J/cm2,断裂韧性大于40 MPa·m1/2.用于制造大型球磨机衬板,耐磨性比高锰钢衬板提高1倍以上,生产成本降低15%,具有很好的经济效益.     

Analysis of thermo-mechanical wear problems for reciprocal punch sliding

The relative sliding motion of two elastic bodies in contact induces wear process and contact shape evolution. In the case of a punch sliding on a substrate the transient process tends to a steady state for which the fixed contact stress and strain distribution develops in the contact zone. This state usually corresponds to a minimum of the wear dissipation power. The optimality conditions of the wear dissipation functional provide the contact stress distribution and the wear rate compatible with the rigid body punch motion. The present paper is aimed to extend the previous analyses [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] of steady state conditions to cases of periodic sliding of punch, assuming cyclic steady state conditions for both mechanical and thermal fields.     

Critical stress and load conditions for pitting calculations of involute spur and helical gear teeth

Calculation methods of spur and helical gear drives for preliminary designs or standardization purposes available in technical literature, use the Hertz equation to evaluate the contact stress, assuming the load to be uniformly distributed along the line of contact. However, this model presents some discrepancies with experimental results because the changing rigidity of the pair of teeth along the path of contact produces a non-uniform load distribution, which implies that some load distribution factors are required to compute the contact stress. In this paper, a non-uniform model of load distribution along the line of contact, recently developed, obtained from the minimum elastic potential criterion, has been used. This model combined with the Hertz equation yields more accurate values of the contact stress. As the load per unit of length at any point of the line of contact and any position of the meshing cycle has been described by a very simple analytic equation, a complete study of the location and value of the critical contact stress has been carried out. From this study, a recommendation for the calculation of the pitting load capacity of spur and helical gears is proposed.     

Caustic imaging of gallium droplets using mirror electron microscopy

We discuss a new interpretation of mirror electron microscopy (MEM) images, whereby electric field distortions caused by surface topography and/or potential variations are sufficiently large to create caustics in the image contrast. Using a ray-based trajectory method, we consider how a family of rays overlaps to create caustics in the vicinity of the imaging plane of the magnetic objective lens. Such image caustics contain useful information on the surface topography and/or potential, and can be directly related to surface features. Specifically we show how a through-focus series of MEM images can be used to extract the contact angle of a Ga droplet on a GaAs (001) surface.