Surface texturing has emerged in the last decade as a viable option of surface engineering resulting in significant improvement in load capacity, wear resistance, friction coefficient etc. of tribological mechanical components. Various techniques can be employed for surface texturing but Laser Surface Texturing (LST) is probably the most advanced so far. LST produces a very large number of micro-dimples on the surface and each of these micro-dimples can serve either as a micro-hydrodynamic bearing in cases of full or mixed lubrication, a micro-reservoir for lubricant in cases of starved lubrication conditions, or a micro-trap for wear debris in either lubricated or dry sliding. The present paper reviews the current effort being made world wide on surface texturing in general and on laser surface texturing in particular. It presents the state of the art in LST and the potential of this technology in various lubricated applications like mechanical seals, piston rings and thrust bearings. The paper also describes some fundamental on going research around the world with LST.
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January 2005
Technical Papers
State of the Art in Laser Surface Texturing
Izhak Etsion
e-mail: etsion@tx.technion.ac.il
Izhak Etsion
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Izhak Etsion
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
e-mail: etsion@tx.technion.ac.il
Manuscript received December 18, 2003; revision received August 11, 2004. Review conducted by: L. S. Stephens.
J. Tribol. Jan 2005, 127(1): 248-253 (6 pages)
Published Online: February 7, 2005
Article history
Received:
December 18, 2003
Revised:
August 11, 2004
Online:
February 7, 2005
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Etsion , I. (February 7, 2005). "State of the Art in Laser Surface Texturing ." ASME. J. Tribol. January 2005; 127(1): 248–253. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1828070
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