Comparative Study of Tribomechanical Properties of HiPIMS with Positive Pulses DLC Coatings on Different Tools Steels
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Abstract
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are very interesting due to their extraordinary properties; their excellent wear resistance, very low friction coefficient, great hardness, high elastic modulus or biocompatibility can be highlighted, as can their multifunctionality. Because of this, over recent decades they have been widely used in tribological applications, improving the performance and the useful life of machining tools in an effective way. However, these coatings have a disadvantage compared to other coatings deposited by commercially available techniques—their resultant adhesion is worse than that of other techniques and limits their industrial applications. In this work, tribological results of a scratch test, wear resistance and nanoindentation of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) and tungsten carbide:carbon (WC:C) DLC coatings deposited by means of novel high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) technology with positive pulses are reported. The coatings were deposited in three different tools steels: K360, vanadis 4 and vancron. These tools’ steels are very interesting because of their great and wide industrial applicability. Experimental results showed excellent tribological properties, such as resistance to wear or adhesion, in the two types of DLC coatings.
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OpenAlex topics: Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research · Metal and Thin Film Mechanics · Advanced materials and composites
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Engineering Department, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Campus Arrosadía S/N, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Department of Material Science and Engineering, Universitat Politécnia de Catalunya (UPC-Barcelona TECH), Campus Diagonal Besòs, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, UPC-Barcelona TECH, Campus Diagonal Besòs, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
Centre of Advanced Surface Engineering, AIN, 31191 Cordovilla, Spain
Nano4Energy SL, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Nuadi Components S.L., Polígono Ind. Arazuri-Orcoyen, Calle D, 2, 31170 Arazuri, Spain
Institute for Advanced Materials (INAMAT), Public University of Navarre, Campus Arrosadía S/N, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Funding
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
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