Surface Technologies

Division

Isotropic Superfinish (C.A.S.E.) –

increased load and reduced wear on metal components
Jochen P. Fuhr – Director Sales & Marketing Europe & Asia

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CWST - Services

 Application of appropriate surface technologies to

enhance the performance of materials

Controlled Shot Peening Analytical Services

Shot Peen Forming Parylene Coating

Laser Peening Isotropic Finishing Component Coating Thermal Spray Engineered Coatings
& Repair

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

Friction between gear flanks Pitting defect

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting
Superimposed forces and material stresses at the contact areas of gear flanks

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 Effect of Shot Peening ONLY!

Pitting fatigue test gears (m=3)

Material: carburized Cr-Mo steel

Increase
- fatigue limit: + 35%
- cycles 28x (@ 3200MPa)

Source: Effect of Shot Peening on the Pitting Fatigue Strength of

carburized Gears, Kobayashi, Hasegawa, Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

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 Effect of Shot Peening ONLY!

As ground
Shot peened
No failure

Source: FVA (Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik)

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Shot Peening + Isotropic Finishing

 Applications
– C.A.S.E. – Isotropic Super Finishing

As Ground Shot Peened Superfinished

Material: EN36 Case Carburised (58-60Rc)

CASE: Shot Peening + Superfinishing

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

Before CASE

After CASE

Benefits - Lower Roughness values

- No sharp ‘points’ to break lubricant film
- Retain valleys for lubricant film integrity
- Removal of ‘point to point’ contact
- Both Macro and Micro pitting resistance is improved

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering Test gear:

• 1.7321
(20MoCr4)
• 60 - 62 HRC
• Modul 5

shot peened

shot peened +
C.A.S.E.

shot peened +
C.A.S.E.
(extended process
time)

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 Influence of roughness
– Gears : 16MnCr5, m= 3mm, m= 5mm
Micro Pitting test

 Case-hardened 58 – 61 HRc

Influence of the flank roughness with respect

Typical roughness values to the load carrying capacity against micro pitting

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E.

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E.
– Overview of essential test results

Ground ISF Shot Peening

Pitting resistance + ISF
100% 111% 121%
Load carrying capacity Micro pitting load stage
against micro pitting 9 >10 >10

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

Grinded C.A.S.E.
Ra: 0.478 Ra: 0.151
Rz: 3.5 Rz:0.79

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 Application: Automotive/Motorsport
Machining state Ra [µm] *
As ground 0.45
Shot Peened 0.60
C.A.S.E. 0.08 *Sample values

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 Application: Industrial

Machining state Ra [µm] *

As ground 0.50
Shot Peened n/a
C.A.S.E. 0.09

* Sample values

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 Application: Wind Energy

Machining state Ra [µm] *

As ground 0.46
Shot Peened n/a
C.A.S.E. 0.09
* Sample values

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 Application: Industrial

Machining state Ra [µm] *

As ground 0.25
Shot Peened n/a
C.A.S.E. 0.12

* Sample values

C.A.S.E.

Worm Gear (for stair lift)

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

C.A.S.E. treated
Ring gear (mining industry)
Impeller (aerodynamic
915mm x 741mm x 236mm
reason)
360kg

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 Dual Peening & C.A.S.E.

Wheel Side Stroke Shaft

Drive Axle
Sun & Shaft Gear
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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Chemical Assisted Surface Engineering

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Shot Peening + Isotropic Super Finishing

C.A.S.E.
Material: Ti-6Al-4V

Shot Peened

Shot Peened
+
Super Finished

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Shot Peening – Gears/Pitting

 C.A.S.E. – Benefits
• Surface reduction to mirror like finishes
• Reduced manufacturing times and production
costs
• Finishes suitable for microbiological cleaning and
sterilisation
• Optimum surface roughness and stress
characteristics
• Reduced contact/surface fatigue
• Increased lubrication retention and heat transfer
• Good rounding ability to sharp edges for ease of
handling and assembly
• Reduced power loss
• Reduction in lubricant temperature (minus 10-20C)
• Reduced transmission noise

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CWST - Information

 Further information:

This and much more information available as PDF download from our Web Site
www.cwst.co.uk

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Thank You!

Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies

Box 115, 732 22 Arboga
Sweden

jochen.fuhr@cwst.com
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