Severe operating conditions of lubricated contacts cause wear on a surface. The reduction of the components life time can be solved with laser surface texturing (LST) which is promising technologies allowing to optimize the surface micro-topography. LST produces a very large number of micro-dimples or grooves on the surface and each structure can serve as a micro-hydrodynamic bearing, a micro-reservoir for lubricant in cases of starved lubrication conditions or a micro-trap for wear debris. The present paper shows the basic principles of the laser ablation, an assembly to texture internal surfaces and examples of success where the LST was applied.
Laser Surface Texturing - Their Applications
Sae Technical Papers
21st SAE Brasil International Congress and Exhibition ; 2012
2012-10-02
Conference paper
English
Lubricants , Optimization , Bearings , Assembling , Lasers , Wear
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