Abstract:
A hard, wear resistant and ice-phobic coating (10) can be applied to an air foil surface (12) in a single application to enhance the deicing of the surface. The coating includes a functional top layer (14) which is harder than the air foil surface and has high contact angle with water. The functional layer contains carbon (>35 atomic%) and hydrogen (0-40 atomic%) in a diamond-like carbon, glassy, or amorphous configuration, as well as incorporated silicon and oxygen (0.1-40 atomic% each).
Abstract:
A bearing which has a longer useful life in mild aqueous corrosion conditions comprising rolling elements and raceways with the rolling elements coated with a thin nanocomposite (NC) coating which has higher surface hardness than, is chemically incompatible, with and has low solubility relative to the raceway surfaces. The bearing is corrosion-tolerant rather than corrosion avoidant and functions by reducing the effect that corrosion has on bearing life by preventing adhesive wear and minimizing the effect of debris damage on bearing life caused by micropits, etch marks and rust formation on the raceways.
Abstract:
A full complement antifriction bearing (A) includes a steel inner race (2), a steel outer race (4), and rolling elements (6) organized in a circular row between the races without a cage or retainer for separating the rolling elements. While the absence of a cage or retainers enable the bearing (A) to have the maximum number of rolling elements (6) and thus transfer greater loads, adjacent rolling elements (6) contact each other. Each rolling element (6) or every other rolling element (6) is covered with a tribological coating (30) that retards adhesive wear and reduces friction.
Abstract:
A method for treating a substrate (such as the gears of a gear set) to provide the substrate with both wear protection and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method comprises providing the substrate with a wear protection layer and providing corrosion resistant layer. The wear protection layer can be applied to the gear and then the corrosion resistant layer can be applied over the wear resistant layer. Alternatively, the corrosion resistant lay can be provided and then the wear resistant layer can be formed over the corrosion resistant layer.
Abstract:
The performance of hybrid rolling element bearings is improved by the combined use of three surface engineering technologies. Critical surfaces on a bearing ring are finished or treated by (1) grinding the ring along its critical surface; (2) subjecting the ground critical surface to high energy mass finishing to produce a generally istotropic finish; (3) subjecting the critical surface having the isotropic finish to ion-implementation to improve corrosion resistance; and (4) covering the ion-implanted critical surface with a nano-structured thin film coating.
Abstract:
A full complement antifriction bearing (A) includes a steel inner race (2), a steel outer race (4), and rolling elements (6) organized in a circular row between the races without a cage or retainer for separating the rolling elements. While the absence of a cage or retainers enable the bearing (A) to have the maximum number of rolling elements (6) and thus transfer greater loads, adjacent rolling elements (6) contact each other. Each rolling element (6) or every other rolling element (6) is covered with a tribological coating (30) that retards adhesive wear and reduces friction.
Abstract:
A hard, wear resistant and ice-phobic coating (10) can be applied to an air foil surface (12) in a single application to enhance the deicing of the surface. The coating includes a functional top layer (14) which is harder than the air foil surface and has high contact angle with water. The functional layer contains carbon (>35 atomic%) and hydrogen (0-40 atomic%) in a diamond-like carbon, glassy, or amorphous configuration, as well as incorporated silicon and oxygen (0.1-40 atomic% each).
Abstract:
A method for treating a substrate (such as the gears of a gear set) to provide the substrate with both wear protection and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method comprises providing the substrate with a wear protection layer and providing corrosion resistant layer. The wear protection layer can be applied to the gear and then the corrosion resistant layer can be applied over the wear resistant layer. Alternatively, the corrosion resistant lay can be provided and then the wear resistant layer can be formed over the corrosion resistant layer.