Quantification of the cold worked material inside the deep honing grooves on cylider liner surfaces and its effect on wear
Journal article, 2009

The increased presence of cold work material on cylinder liners due to the introduction of the diamond honing is undesirable as it seats the oil-bearing honing grooves. The most of it is a smeared metal inside the deep honing grooves (blechmantel) that may break and act as abrasive wear particles increasing the bore wear. An attempt has been made to estimate the extent of removal of blechmantel for different wear regimes present at the middle and top region (near the top dead centre) of the liner surface using the least worn bottom region as a reference for comparison. A number of truck grey iron cylinder liners were axially sectioned after varying periods of engine running under similar conditions of load, engine speed and lubrication. 3D surface measurements were taken at the three regions and a range of standard parameters was extracted. Combining the profile and image analysis, an algorithm was developed to identify and quantify the blechmantel. The algorithm has successfully identified/quantified the blechmantel and can be used for automatic surface quality and process control. It was found that the amount of the blechmantel in the middle section was approximately the same (though slightly lower) as that in the bottom section, while there was a considerable dislocation and removal of blechmantel in the top section and thereby it represents one of the possible causes for wear. Axial wear scratches of different size and distribution were observed not only through the whole stroke area, but also in the bottom region. All engines and liners performed well throughout the tests, and the observed quantities of blechmantel and axial scratches are acceptable for the time being.

Cold work quantification

Engine tests

Cylinder liner wear

Diamond honing

Surface topography

Author

Zlate Dimkovski

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Technology

Cecilia Anderberg

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Technology

Bengt-Göran Rosen

Chalmers, Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Technology

Robert Ohlsson

Tom Thomas

Wear

0043-1648 (ISSN)

Vol. 267 12 2235-2242

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.wear.2009.06.008

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10/7/2017