Title

DRY SLIDING WEAR OF CA-6NM STAINLESS STEEL WITH RELATIVELY LOW SURFACE ROUGHNESS

Authorship

Giuseppe Pintaude; Gismar Schilive de Souza; Rogério Breganon; Silvio Francisco Brunatto

Giuseppe Pintaude

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Gismar Schilive de Souza

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Rogério Breganon

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Silvio Francisco Brunatto

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DOI

10.5151/1472-5836-25694

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Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the effect of specimen preparation on the dry sliding wear behavior of CA-6 NM stainless steel. Two different surface finishing manufacturing processes were applied: lapping and metallographic polishing. The wear tests were conducted in reciprocating ball-on-flat system, performed for two loads: 5 or 8 N. For all test conditions, hardmetal ball was employed as counterbody. The surfaces were evaluated using 3D interferometry technique to determine their surface roughness, including texture analysis regarding isotropy. Surface characterization results indicated the presence of texturing and preferential orientation, since the parameter Str was smaller than 0.5 for samples of both the studied conditions. Two distinct levels of isotropy evaluated through Str parameter were achieved: 0.13 for lapping and 0.3 for metallographic polishing process. It is clear from wear tests that the variation of average surface roughness is the key point for tribological behavior of CA-6 NM stainless steel.

Keywords

Sliding wear; Stainless steel; Polishing; Lapping