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Tribological assessment of the SiO2 coating deposited by sol–gel process toward cutting tool coating

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A more economic and thinner coating than the commercial ones was developed to improve the tribological behavior of high-speed steel (HSS) tools. This work focuses on performance of the SiO2 coating was compared to uncoated HSS pins as well as coated ones (titanium nitride (TiN)) deposited by physical vapor deposition (PVD). The pin-on-disk test was carried out under a constant normal load of 10 N by applying sliding speeds of 40, 55, and 70 m·min−1. The lowest values of the friction coefficient (µ) and the specific wear coefficient (k) were found for the coated pins. SiO2 coating presented performance equivalent to the commercial TiN coating for the sliding speeds of 40 and mainly 55 m·min−1, revealing a mild abrasive wear mechanism with the ferritic spheroidal graphite iron (SGI) interface surface. Thus, the sol-gel coating suggests being a promising protection for cutting tools submitted to abrasive wear when machining SGI workpiece at cutting speeds 3 times higher than those used with uncoated HSS tools, e.g., in drilling and tapping processes. Hereupon, SiO2 is capable of substituting TiN coating for cutting speeds up to 55 m·min−1 with advantage of being an easier deposition process applied to any geometry without needing of high temperatures.

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Abbreviations

P:

Normal load

V:

Sliding speed

S:

Sliding distance

A:

Wear track cross-sectional area

D:

Wear track diameter

K:

Specific wear coefficient

µ:

Coefficient of friction

H:

Hardness

E:

Elasticity modulus

Ra :

Arithmetic mean deviation

Sa :

Arithmetic mean height

Sp :

Maximum peak height

Sv :

Maximum valley depth

Ssk :

Skewness

Sku :

Kurtosis

Sp :

Maximum peak height

Sv :

Maximum valley depth

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Postgraduate Program in Production and Mechanical Engineering of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, for the provision of laboratory facilities. Authors also thank the Tribology Lab of the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at the UFMG. Acknowledge the Center of Microscopy (http://www.microscopia.ufmg.br/) at the UFMG and Polytechnic Institute of Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (IPUC) for providing technical support and infrastructure for SEM analysis.

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The study was financed in by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil (CAPES)-Finance Code 001, and also received financial support from the agencies. The Minas Gerais Research Funding Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais), FAPEMIG, Brazil and National Council for Scientific and Technological (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico), CNPq, Brazil.

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  1. Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, CEP: 31270-901, Brazil

    Natália Fernanda Santos Pereira

  2. Department of Production Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Minas Gerais (IFMG - Campus Congonhas), Congonhas, CEP 36415-000, Brazil

    Natália Fernanda Santos Pereira

  3. Department of Urban Engineering, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro s/n, Ouro Preto, CEP: 35400-000, Brazil

    Bárbara Cristina Mendanha Reis

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, CEP: 31270-901, Brazil

    Anderson Júnior Dos Santos, Marcelo Araújo Câmara & Juan Carlos Campos Rubio

  5. Department of Materials Engineering, Federal Center for Technology Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET – Campus 1), Belo Horizonte, CEP 38150-510, Brazil

    Anderson Júnior Dos Santos

  6. Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, CEP: 31270-901, Brazil

    Manuel Houmard

  7. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São-Carlense, 400, São Carlos, CEP: 13566-590, Brazil

    Alessandro Roger Rodrigues

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Natália Pereira was responsible for the conceptualization, experimental work and writing of the manuscript. Bárbara Reis and Anderson Santos were contributed to experimental work and analysis of the data. Manuel Houmard was responsible production of the sol–gel solution, deposition in pins and availability of resources. Marcelo Câmara contributed by conducting the pin-on-disk tests. Manuel Houmard, Marcelo Câmara, Alessandro Rodrigues, and Juan Rubio were responsible for the revision of the manuscript and contributed to the technical discussion of the results. Juan Rubio was responsible for the supervision of the work and the availability of resources.

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Pereira, N.F.S., Reis, B.C.M., Dos Santos, A.J. et al. Tribological assessment of the SiO2 coating deposited by sol–gel process toward cutting tool coating. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 126, 487–503 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11072-2

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