Design, manufacturing, and testing of a laser textured piston ring surface reinforced with a CuCoBe–diamond composite by hot-pressing

• Published in: International journal of advanced manufacturing technology Vol. 125; no. 5-6; pp. 2349 - 2362
• Main Authors: Ferreira, Rita, Cunha, Ângela, Carvalho, Óscar, Trindade, Bruno, Sobral, Luís, Carvalho, Sandra, Silva, Filipe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.03.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Advanced manufacturing technologies; CAE) and Design; Composite materials; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD; Diamonds; Ductility; Engineering; Heat conductivity; Hot pressing; Industrial and Production Engineering; Interfacial bonding; Laser beam texturing; Lasers; Manufacturing; Mechanical Engineering; Media Management; Original Article; Parameters; Piston rings; Powder metallurgy; Pressing; Sintering; Sintering (powder metallurgy); Stainless steel; Stainless steels; Tribology; Hot pressing; Diamond; Surface textures; Metal matrix composite; Tribology
• ISSN: 0268-3768; 1433-3015
• DOI: 10.1007/s00170-023-10871-x

A CuCoBe–diamond composite was used to reinforce a laser textured 410 stainless steel piston ring by hot-pressing. Different hot-pressing parameters were used to optimize the sintering process of the CuCoBe particles ( P  = 25 and 50 MPa, T  = 820 and 980 °C, and t  = 15 and 30 min). The results showed an increase in the hardness of the hot-pressed samples (50.5% and 48.5% for P  = 25 and 50 MPa, respectively). Three textures with different track widths and distances between them were produced by laser on the compression piston rings’ surface. The composite powders were used for the reinforcement of the textures by hot-pressing at the optimized sintering parameters ( T  = 980 °C, P  = 25 and 50 MPa, and t  = 15 min). The tribological results revealed that larger texture dimensions led to enhanced tribological performance.