TriboCoat – Optimization of highly stressed sliding contacts by the use of innovative coating and surface concepts

Situation:

• Frequent malfunction in the case of sliding contacts in the boundary friction regime for discontinuous movements and high loads.
• High consequential costs e.g. in continuous casting plants due to bearing damage, production shut downs, loss of quality.
• Anti-Friction-Coatings offer a wide range of advantages under these tribological conditions.

Solution:

• Stress analysis
• Development of adapted Anti-Friction-Coating systems and the necessary application technology
• Constructive adaptation of the component or adaptation of the component production
• Evaluation of the coating systems / functional surfaces by means of model tests
• Modification of a test stand for the test of original bearings / conducting tests
• Field test in a continuous casting plant

Operational benefit:

• Determination of the existing stresses
• Selection of possible Anti-Friction-Coating systems according to the present surface pressure, temperature and environmental conditions
• Increasing process reliability

• Anti-Friction-Coating
• Anti-Friction-Coating system
• Bearing damage
• Boundary friction
• Continuous casting plant
• Discontinuous movements
• High environmental conditions
• High loads
• Loss of quality
• Malfunction
• Production shut down
• Sliding contact