The wear test between two tungsten-cobalt layers electrodeposited on mild steel rings was carried out, using an Amsler's wear testing machine, the load being 50kg, and the revolution slip without lubrication 10%.
Compared with the result of the hard chromium electrodeposit or water-quenched high carbon steel test under the same condition, the wear-resistivity of the tungsten-cobalt deposit was far superior.
The surface of quenched steel was soon in the beginning covered by thick oxide film and worn out markedly, and the hard chromium deposit layer was also worn rapidly and broken down within 10, 000 revolutions. In contrast with those, the wear loss of the tungsten-cobalt deposit was very small even after 100, 000 revolutions.
Such high wear-resistivity of the tungsten-cobalt deposit could be attributed to its characteristic property that the hardness does not decrease at a high temperature, while the hardness of the other two falls when the temperature rises over 300°C by friction heat, resulting in the breakdown of the layer.
The wear between the tungsten-cobalt deposit and chromium deposit or quenched steel was also studied.
抄録全体を表示