Influência de modificações superficiais (cromagem e texturização) no comportamento tribológico de aços para fabricação de cilindros de laminação a frio

Abstract

The present work analyzed the tribological behavior of surface modifications often used in cold rolling mill rolls. Different surface modifications were carried out on samples produced from a fragment of the rolling mill roll: i) texturing; ii) chromium plating; iii) texturing with subsequent hard chrome plating; iv) and hard chrome plating with subsequent texturing. The roll samples were subsequently heat treated and ground on both faces resulting in dimensions of approximately 30 x 30 mm. The wear tests were performed using a reciprocating movement of a ball over flat configuration under a load of 9.8 N. The results showed that surface texturing increased the topographic parameters whereas hard chrome coating decreased them. It was observed that there was no significant change in the coefficient of friction as a function of surface modification. Surface texturing increased the wear of the counter body, while the hard chromium coating reduced it. The addition of the hard chromium coating promoted the formation of a tribolayer on the counter body consisting of chromium and oxygen. On the other hand, for the samples without hard chrome coating the tribolayer consisted of iron and oxygen. As a consequence of the low applied load and the short duration of the tests it became impossible to quantify the wear on the bodies using various techniques. Additionally seven different materials used in replicates. Were investigated using quantitative and qualitative analysis via laser interferometry and scanning electron microscopy. Amongst materials tested, the material Facsimile presented best capacity of replication.