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CHECK WEAR
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ON COMPONENT
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
APPLICATIONS
TECHNICAL FIELD
BACKGROUND
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(or subject to) a load, and move With respect to each other
(hereinafter referred to as frictional contact). While these
surfaces may look smooth on a macroscopic scale, they may
contain many irregularities (called asperities) on a micro
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coatings.
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surfaces.
Engineered surface treatments are applied to surfaces
under frictional contact to reduce friction and Wear, and
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tribological coatings.
Tribological coatings include doped/undoped amorphous
carbons (diamond like carbon, DLC), amorphous hydro
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component;
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rities from the surface 20. These impurities may include dirt,
oil and/or other residue. The cleaning process 100 may
involve ultrasonic cleaning using a cleaning solution. The
component may be immersed in a cleaning solution and agi
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When the coating 30 Wears off, thus prolonging the life of the
component 15. The textured coating 50 improves the tribo
logical properties of the surface 20 both by providing a Wear
resistant layer and by providing lubricant and/or debris res
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The solvent used in the mask removal process 400 may be any
solution that facilitates removal of the mask 25 from the
surface 20. In some cases, ethanol and/ or Water may be used
as the solvent. In some applications, the mask removal pro
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tive bias on the surface 20 may be removed and the argon gas
evacuated from the chamber. Acetylene gas, at a How rate of
100-200 SCCM, may be introduced into the chamber and a
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
deposit on the surface 20. The bias may be sWitched from the
chromium to the tungsten carbide target after about 5 min
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100icleaning operation step
200imask application step
300icoating step
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25imask
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LIST OF ELEMENTS
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printing technology.
4. The method of claim 2, Wherein the tribological pattern
includes a series of parallel and perpendicular intersecting
machine component;
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lines.
5. The method of claim 2, Wherein the mask includes a
resin.
6. The method of claim 2, Wherein the mask includes an
ink.
mulate.
13. The method of claim 12 Wherein depositing the second
pattern.
14. The method of claim 12, further including inspecting
the ?rst tribological pattern for Wear, and the depositing of the
second tribological pattern occurs When the inspection indi
cates Wear.
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15. The method of claim 13, Wherein at least one of the ?rst
the coating.
17. The method of claim 16, Wherein the resin mask
includes an ink.