Evaluation of wear behaviour of nitrided and nitrocarburized steels

Abstract

This article presents the results of tribological studies of different kinds of steels (first of all constructional) which undergo the processes of thermo-chemical treatments of the type of nitriding and nitrocarburizing. On that occasion different standardized wear tests were compared. The advantages of the method used for this purpose were particularly highlighted: a three-cylinder-cone wear test.