Tribological effect of DLC coating on the contact surfaces in a novel full-metallic pipe joint
(0) Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings have been used to improve friction and wear resistance performance in a variety of applications. Recently, a full-metallic pipe joint was developed for pipelines and pressure vessels. Since both pipes and gaskets can be made of AISI 316L stainless steel, this pipe joint is considered as a promising solution for hydrogen applications. It has also been pointed out that relative positions and contact conditions of the contacting parts, which are formed during assembly, have significant influence on the sealing performance. In the present study, the authors apply DLC coating on the contact surfaces in the pipe joint in order to improve the friction behavior so that a reliable sealing area can be easily achieved. Contact traces on the gaskets have been measured to evaluate tribological performance of the proposed method.
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating metallic contact tribological performance contact condition evaluation pipe joints
Nan Bu Naohiro Ueno
Department of Control and Information Systems Engineering, Kumamoto National College ofTechnology, K Measurement Solution Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technolo
国际会议
沈阳
英文
544-548
2011-11-22（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）