Research Article

High Temperature Friction and Wear Performance of PVD Coatings under Press Hardening Contact Conditions

Table 1

Alloying composition in wt.% (Fe makes up the balance), initial hardness, and surface roughness of investigated sheet and tool steel materials (values in parenthesis are for Al-Si coated 22MnB5).

Material C Si Mn P S Cr Mo V Ni B   (m)Comments

22MnB5 0.20 – 0.25 0.20 –   0.35 1.0 –   1.3 max.
0.03
max.
0.01
0.14 – 0.26 0.005 201   3 1.16 (0.90)   0.16 (0.18) as delivered

Tool steel 0.32 0.6 – 1.1 0.8 max.
0.01
max.  0.003 1.35 0.8 0.14 max.
1
458 6 0.13 0.01prior to coating