ABSTRACT

Bronze has proven itself as a highly functional material in tribological systems for numerous applications. The different bronze alloys offer an adaptation of the material properties to a wide range of loads. Bronze can be used as a solid material in the component or applied locally only as a functional layer in bi-metal components. The bi-metal components offer the combination of the advantages of the good mechanical properties of the steel base body with the very good tribological properties of the bronze alloy. In this paper, the production of coatings used in bi-metal bearings is presented by using laser deposition brazing. The details of the laser coating technology are presented, and the material properties of the bi-metal parts are analyzed.

Author(s): Hannes Freisse, Timo Schudeleit, Dominik Keller

ISBN: 978-1-64353-158-8