Increase of Mining and Smelting Equipment Life on the Way of Tribological Barrier Overcoming  Full text

R. P. Didyk¹, P. B. Aratskiy²

¹National Mining University
19 Karls Marks Ave., Dnipropetrovsk, 49027, Ukraine
²JSC“ROSTEKHremont”

 UDC 621.893

Metall. Min. Ind.,  2011, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 67-72

Abstract

Serpentine decomposition products that form a protective metal-ceramic layer on the metal surface have been identified for the first time based on the fundamental structural investigations. The results of commercial tests confirming high efficiency of using natural minerals as modificators of machine element surfaces are presented.

Keywords: GEOMODIFICATOR, SERPENTINE, MECHANICAL ACTIVATION OF SURFACE, METAL-CERAMIC LAYER, FRICTION