Keywords

Tribology, Wear, Sol-Gel, Coating, Carbon, Alumina, Silica

New Ways to Develop Lubricating Composite Coatings on Stainless Steel to Improve its Tribological Behavior

To improve their productivity, companies wish to increase the lifetime of mechanical parts and in particular, stainless steel subjected to mechanical friction and wear by protecting them with a top-coating. One way is to provide an alternative route to conventional vapor phase methods (PVD, CVD, plasma). The sol-gel process represents an innovative way for this kind of application and opens a wide range of investigations for the protection of complex shaped parts at a reduced cost. A part of this study is relative to the protection of 304L and 316L stainless steels by the sol-gel oxide coating.

Authors and Company/Institution

A. Marsal, CIRIMAT, Toulouse, France
F. Ansart, V. Turq and J.P. Bonino, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut Carnot CIRIMAT, Toulouse, France
J.M. Sobrino, Y.M. Chen and J. Garcia, Institut Carnot CETIM, Senlis Cedex, France