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Influence of Laser Surface Texturing on Tribological Performance of Tool Steels

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This paper deals with the influence of laser surface texturing on tribological performance of two different tool steels: (a) Böhler K100 produced by conventional production technology and (b) Böhler K390 Microclean® produced by powder metallurgy. The surface of heat-treated tool steels was modified using three different texture patterns. Impact of laser surface texturing was analyzed after different treatments. Furthermore, selected samples were borided to evaluate the combined influence of laser surface texturing and boriding on tribological performance of surface-treated samples. The results show that boriding was not beneficial for wavy surface type, and the steel production technology had a certain influence on the spinning tool. The laser surface texturing had an effect on decreasing the coefficient of friction on the K100 tool steel; however, it did not influence the tribological performance of the K390 Microclean® tool steel. Boriding process was efficient in decreasing the coefficient of friction for both steels. The low coefficient of friction values did not have a positive influence on the wear depth.

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This contribution/publication is the result of the project implementation: Centre of Excellence for development and application of advanced diagnostic methods in processing of metallic and nonmetallic materials—APRODIMET, ITMS: 26220120048, supported by the Research and Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF. This study was also supported by the Grant agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak academy of Sciences (VEGA) under the contract numbers 1/0876/15 (Preparation and characterization of the properties of new types of hard coatings for tool materials) and 1/0669/15 (Research of laser surface texturing and its application in the sheet metal forming processes tribological conditions optimization). The authors would also like to thank the staff at the research laboratory Promatech at the Institute of Materials Research of Slovak Academy of Science in Košice, for help with the execution of tribological experiments. Dr. Marián Palcut is acknowledged for his useful comments and proofreading of the manuscript.

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Moravčíková, J., Moravčík, R., Kusý, M. et al. Influence of Laser Surface Texturing on Tribological Performance of Tool Steels. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 27, 5417–5426 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3607-0

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