High-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant Steels

Energy can be saved by enhancing the service life of machinery and by designing lighter units. These design changes enable, for example, lower fuel consumption and larger payloads. The implementation of this kind of solutions, however, requires development of better wear resistant materials. In this...

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Main Authors: Vilma Ratia, Kati Valtonen, Anu Kemppainen, Veli-Tapani Kuokkala
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Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Tribologists 2013-02-01
Series:Tribology Online
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/trol/8/2/8_152/_pdf/-char/en
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author Vilma Ratia
Kati Valtonen
Anu Kemppainen
Veli-Tapani Kuokkala
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Anu Kemppainen
Veli-Tapani Kuokkala
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description Energy can be saved by enhancing the service life of machinery and by designing lighter units. These design changes enable, for example, lower fuel consumption and larger payloads. The implementation of this kind of solutions, however, requires development of better wear resistant materials. In this study, the wear resistance of a structural steel and three grades of wear resistant steel was evaluated with granite abrasive in tests simulating the conditions in heavy machinery in mining and transportation. Two high-stress abrasion and one impact-abrasion wear testing methods were used. In all tests, higher hardness led to decreased mass loss, but in impact-abrasion the hardness dependence was smaller than in the heavy abrasion tests. This may, however, at least partly result from deformation of softer materials over the sample edges, which is not shown as mass loss. Wear surfaces of structural steel samples exhibited the highest degree of plastic deformation due to their lower hardness and higher ductility compared to the wear resistant steels. On the other hand, in harder materials the scratches were more visible, indicating a change in wear mechanism. Both differences and similarities in the behavior and wear mechanisms of the selected steels were observed in the applied conditions.
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spelling doaj.art-9ae16252ced5461a968bf2f09c5b54382022-12-21T20:07:42ZengJapanese Society of TribologistsTribology Online1881-21982013-02-018215216110.2474/trol.8.152trolHigh-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant SteelsVilma Ratia0Kati Valtonen1Anu Kemppainen2Veli-Tapani Kuokkala3Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Tampere Wear CenterTampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Tampere Wear CenterRuukki Metals Inc.Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Tampere Wear CenterEnergy can be saved by enhancing the service life of machinery and by designing lighter units. These design changes enable, for example, lower fuel consumption and larger payloads. The implementation of this kind of solutions, however, requires development of better wear resistant materials. In this study, the wear resistance of a structural steel and three grades of wear resistant steel was evaluated with granite abrasive in tests simulating the conditions in heavy machinery in mining and transportation. Two high-stress abrasion and one impact-abrasion wear testing methods were used. In all tests, higher hardness led to decreased mass loss, but in impact-abrasion the hardness dependence was smaller than in the heavy abrasion tests. This may, however, at least partly result from deformation of softer materials over the sample edges, which is not shown as mass loss. Wear surfaces of structural steel samples exhibited the highest degree of plastic deformation due to their lower hardness and higher ductility compared to the wear resistant steels. On the other hand, in harder materials the scratches were more visible, indicating a change in wear mechanism. Both differences and similarities in the behavior and wear mechanisms of the selected steels were observed in the applied conditions.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/trol/8/2/8_152/_pdf/-char/enabrasionhardnessimpactsteelwear
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wear
title High-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant Steels
title_full High-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant Steels
title_fullStr High-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant Steels
title_full_unstemmed High-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant Steels
title_short High-Stress Abrasion and Impact-Abrasion Testing of Wear Resistant Steels
title_sort high stress abrasion and impact abrasion testing of wear resistant steels
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hardness
impact
steel
wear
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