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Friction and wear property improvement by surface modification: effect of electroless plating film and DLC coating

Etsuo Marui (Etsuo Marui is Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu‐shi, Japan.)
Hiroki Endo (Hiroki Endo is Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Gifu‐shi, Japan.)

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

ISSN: 0036-8792

Article publication date: 1 October 2001

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Abstract

In this study, we examined the improvements in friction and wear properties between steels for aircraft parts, resulting from the surface modifications with electroless plating film and amorphous carbon coating or diamond‐like carbon (DLC) coating. Friction and wear properties are measured using a pin‐on‐flat wear‐testing machine with reciprocating sliding. From measurements of the coefficient of friction and wear amount, observations during sliding motion and visual inspection of wear traces, the following was clarified. A remarkable improvement of friction and wear properties is realized by DLC coating. Electroless plating increased the hardness of the plated surface considerably. However, it does not contribute to improved friction and wear properties.

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Marui, E. and Endo, H. (2001), "Friction and wear property improvement by surface modification: effect of electroless plating film and DLC coating", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 53 No. 5, pp. 186-191. https://doi.org/10.1108/00368790110403233

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