Evaluation of cam and roller surfaces by wear testing and functional characterisation

• Friction and wear are constant problems encountered in camshaft development. The contact between roller and camis a mix of sliding and rolling which leads to a wide range of failure modes. The uniqueness of this contact is also dueto variations all around the cam of a multitude of parameters such as load and radius. A previous study describedsurface topography as a function of cam shape. The different types of wear mechanisms are strongly linked to contactpressures which are also dependent on roughness. The aim of the paper is to develop a rough contact model which willbe utilized as a tool to rank surfaces and their ability to face wear problems. In order to verify the tool, rough contactresults are compared to roughness parameter variations due to wear produced in a cam roller rig test. The surfacemeasurements used for this study are made by a non-contact light interferometer. The Greenwood-Williamson contactmodel has been developed in a deterministic way and the elasto-plastic behaviour of the material has been integratedto the model. The outputs of the simulation give a ranking of surfaces which is compared to their roughness variationsdue to wear. The study shows that the model developed is a reliable tool to rank and define surface quality since theresults are correlated to wear. However, the results show as well some discrepancies which could be corrected in thefuture by integrating to the model two new features: a rough to rough contact including sliding between surfaces. Thisnew model should be verified by an accurate experimentation using relocation between unworn and worn surfaces.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

surface quality

elasto-plastic rough contact

wear

injection cam

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