National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania

NILPRP

Hard coatings for potential applications in automotive industry

Cristian RUSET, Eduard GRIGORE

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Outline
Introduction Characteristics of the nc-WC1-x/a-C Application of this coating to the tappet valves for RENAULT Coating equipment Comments and perspectives

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Hard coatings

* C.Ruset, et. al, Thin Solid Films, 2011

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Structure of the nc-WC1-x/a-C

SEM image in fracture

TEM image with SAED

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XRD pattern for the nc-WC1-x/a-C coatings

1.8x10 1.6x10 1.4x10
6 6

Sample 579
6

Intensity (counts)

1.2x10 1.0x10 8.0x10 6.0x10 4.0x10 2.0x10

(111) (200) Sample 575 Sample 576

W WC1-x

(311) (220)

0.0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

2( )

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GDOS depth profiles of the coating constituents for the nc-WC1-x/a-C

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Valve pushers coated with nc-WC1-x/a-C coating

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Hardness of the nc-WC1-x/a-C coatings deposited on valve pushers

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nc-WC1-x/a-C coating Optical microscopy

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Wear tracks measured by optical microscopy

As received tappet valve, dry sliding 100 m, F=10 N

Coated tappet valve, dry sliding 150 m, F=10 N

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Drop in hardness of the carbonitrided layer during the CMSII coating

800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 0

Standard - carbonitrided After coating

HV (0.1)

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700

Depth below surface (m)

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CMSII Experimental coating unit

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CMSII Industrial coating unit

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GDOS Equipment can be used for quality control of the coatings

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Ahotec microhardness tester - can be used for quality control of the coatings

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Comments
Testing of the coated valve pushers is going quite slow It is possible to be problems with the adhesion of the nc-WC1-x/a-C to the substrate. These can be solved using appropriate an interlayer The drop in hardness of the carbonitrided layer could be solved by replacing the carbonitriding process with nitriding (plasma). At lest 2 plasma nitriding units were operational at the DACIA car factory. With the existing coating unit a few hundreds of valve pushers could be coated daily. Extension of the plasma surface engineering technologies to other components is possible Depending on the results a relative big investment can be thought.

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Thank you for your attention!

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