Laser texturing of piston ring for tribological performance improvement

Rita FERREIRA; Óscar CARVALHO; Luís SOBRAL; Sandra CARVALHO; Filipe SILVA

doi:10.1007/s40544-022-0723-5

Friction 2023, 11(10): 1895-1905 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0723-5

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Laser texturing of piston ring for tribological performance improvement

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), Óscar CARVALHO^{¹^,²}, Luís SOBRAL^⁴, Sandra CARVALHO^³, Filipe SILVA^{¹^,²}

1 CMEMS–UMinho, University of Minho, Guimarães 4800058, Portugal

2 LABBELS–Associate Laboratory, Guimarães 4800058, Portugal

3 CEMMPRE–Center for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, Coimbra 3030-788, Portugal

4 MAHLE, Componentes de Motores, S.A., Núcleo Industrial de Murtede, Cantanhede 3060-372, Portugal

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friction, wear, piston ring, surface texture

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FERREIRA R, CARVALHO Ó, SOBRAL L, et al. Laser texturing of piston ring for tribological performance improvement. Friction, 2023, 11(10): 1895-1905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0723-5

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The radial surface coating layer of compression piston rings is used to improve their wear resistance during the internal combustion engine operation. However, at top dead centers, the friction coefficient of the piston ring–cylinder liner pair is detrimental to the engine’s tribological performance. In this work, dimples with different texture dimensions and densities were tested in a home-developed tribometer. The friction coefficient was measured for all samples, and for those with the best results, their wear resistance was assessed. The texture with an aspect ratio of 0.25 and a density area of 15% reported the best tribological results.

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Laser texturing of piston ring for tribological performance improvement

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Rita FERREIRA^{¹^,²^,³^,⁴}(

), Óscar CARVALHO^{¹^,²}, Luís SOBRAL^⁴, Sandra CARVALHO^³, Filipe SILVA^{¹^,²}

1 CMEMS–UMinho, University of Minho, Guimarães 4800058, Portugal

2 LABBELS–Associate Laboratory, Guimarães 4800058, Portugal

3 CEMMPRE–Center for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, Coimbra 3030-788, Portugal

4 MAHLE, Componentes de Motores, S.A., Núcleo Industrial de Murtede, Cantanhede 3060-372, Portugal

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Keywords: friction, wear, piston ring, surface texture

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Received: 20 June 2022

Revised: 21 September 2022

Accepted: 09 November 2022

Published: 13 March 2023

Issue date: October 2023

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This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and MAHLE, Componentes de Motores, S.A. through the grant SFRH/BDE/110654/2015 and by the project Add-Additive with the reference POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024533.

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