Influence of Technological Methods of Processing on Wear Resistance of Conjugated Cylindrical Surfaces

Abstract

Wear of any tribological pair leads to malfunction or failure of the entire mechanism. It is known that the process of wear of friction pairs occurs in three periods: running-in, normal wear, accelerated wear (destruction). Working surfaces of parts that are formed in the manufacturing process receive micro geometric characteristics (roughness, undulation), according to the regulated technological norms. These characteristics describe the properties of the technological surface topography. However, quantitative micro geometric parameters change as they evolve during running-in, and the surface receives a new operational relief that is stable for a long time during normal wear. It is an operational relief of conjugate surfaces that characterizes the qualitative properties of parts for a long period of operation. The running-in process, which is based on complex mechanical, physical, and chemical processes, determines the overall wear resistance of parts. After this period, the physical, mechanical, and geometric characteristics of the surface acquire optimal values corresponding to the operating conditions. Rational performance characteristics during normal wear can self-sustain, and they are continuously reproduced independently in the same values. This state of the surface layer is observed before the beginning of the third stage of the life cycle. Traditionally, to ensure regulated micro geometric characteristics of the working surfaces used grinding, smoothing, and lapping diamond pastes. At the present stage of development of equipment and technology in a row with the mentioned finishing operations, there is an operation of high-speed turning, which allows reaching high purity of surfaces with the lowest cost of the technological process.