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ArticlePolymers2022

Wear Behaviour of Multilayer Al-PVD-Coated Polymer Gears.

Tonica Bončina, Brigita Polanec, Franc Zupanič, Srečko Glodež

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Tonica BončinaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
Brigita PolanecFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
Franc ZupaničFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-9402-2854
Srečko GlodežFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-4273-7265

Funding

Slovenian Research Agency OP20-04332, P2-0063, P2-0120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comprehensive experimental investigation of the wear behaviour of coated spur polymer gears made of POM is performed in this study. Three different thicknesses of aluminium (Al) coatings were investigated and deposited by the Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) process. The Al coating was deposited in three steps: By plasma activation, metallisation of the aluminium by the magnetron sputtering process, and plasma polymerisation. The wear of the gears was tested on an in-house developed testing rig for different torques (16, 20, and 24 Nm) and a rotational speed of 1000 rpm. The duration of the experiments was set to 13 h, when the tooth thickness and, consequently, the wear of the tooth flank were recorded. The experimental results showed that the influence of metallisation with aluminium surface coatings on the wear behaviour of the analysed polymer gear is not significantly important. The results also showed that the gears with a thicker aluminium coating showed greater wear than gears with a thinner coating or even without a coating. This is probably due to the fact that the aluminium particles that started to deviate during gear operation represented the abrasive material, which led to the faster wear of the contacting surfaces of the meshing gear flanks.

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aluminium PVD coatingmultilayer coatingpolymer gearswear

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PMID36365742
PMCPMC9654529

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