In machining the particle reinforced aluminum based composite material with high Si content using the cobalt-cemented tungsten carbide micro cutting tools, diamond like carbon （DLC） films are deposited on cobalt-cemented tungsten carbide micro-drills with two-step pretreatment method. Characteristics of DLC coated tools are investigated in bias-enhanced HFCVD system with the optimized hot filament arrangement. The optimization deposition technology is obtained and the wear mechanism of cutting tools is analyzed. The drilling performance of DLC coated tools is verified by the experiments of cutting particle reinforced aluminum based composite material （Si 15% in volume） compared with uncoated ones. Experimental results show that the two-step pretreatment method is appropriate for complex shaped cemented carbide substrates and ensures the good adhesive strength between the diamond film and the substrate. The cutting performance of DLC coated tool is enhanced 10 times when machining the Si particle reinforced aluminum based metal matrix composite compared with that of uncoated ones under the same cutting conditions.
Deposition of diamond thin films on tungsten wire substrate with the gas mixture of acetone and hydrogen by using bias-enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition（CVD）with the tantalum wires being optimized arranged is investigated.The self-supported diamond tubes are obtained by etching away the tungsten substrates.The quality of the diamond film before and after the removal of substrates is observed by scanning electron microscope（SEM）and Raman spectrum.The results show that the cylindrical diamond tubes with good quality and uniform thickness are obtained on tungsten wires by using bias enhanced hot filament CVD.The compressive stress in diamond film formed during the deposition is released after the substrate etches away by mixture of H2O2 and NH4 OH.There is no residual stress in diamond tube after substrate removal.
Nanocrystalline diamond films were deposited on Co-cemented carbide substrates using acetone/ H2/Ar gas mixture by bias-enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition（HFCVD） technique.The evidence of nanocrystallinity,smoothness and purity was obtained by characterizing the sample with scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,X-ray diffraction（XRD）,Raman spectroscopy,atomic force microscopy （AFM ）,and field emission transmission electron microscopy（FE-TEM ）.The results show that nanocrystalline diamond films consists of nanocrystalline diamond grains with sizes range from 20 to 80 nm and contain a large amount of grain boundaries.The surface roughness of the films is measured as Ra<50nm.The Raman spectroscopy,XRD pattern,and FE-TEM image of the films indicate the presence of nanocrystalline diamond.A new process is used to deposit composite diamond coatings by a two-step chemical vapor deposition procedure,including first the deposition of the rough polycrystalline diamond and then the smooth fine-grained nanocrystalline diamond film.Such composite diamond coatings not only display good adhesion and wear resistant properties,but also have smooth surfaces that are liable to polishing.This coating technology can not only meet the requirement of the adhesion of diamond coatings,but also reduce surface roughness of diamond coatings effectively,thus remove the obstacles for the industrialization of CVD diamond coatings.The diamondcoated dies with these composite coatings show obvious effect in the practical application.
Sun Fanghong~1,Zhang Zhiming~2,Shen Hesheng~2,Guo Songshou~2 (1.School of Mechanical Engineering,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai 200240,China
The friction behavior of the hot filament chemical vapor deposition（HFCVD） diamond film plays a critical role on its applications in mechanical fields and largely depends on the environment. Studies on the tribological properties of HFCVD diamond films coated on Co-cemented tungsten carbide （WC-Co） substrates are rarely reported in available literatures, especially in the water lubricating conditions. In this paper, conventional microcrystalline diamond（MCD） and fine-grained diamond（FGD） films are deposited on WC-Co substrates and their friction properties are evaluated on a reciprocating ball-on-plate tribometer, where they are brought to slide against ball-bearing steel and copper balls in dry and water lubricating conditions. Scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, atomic force microscopy（AFM）, surface profilometer and Raman spectroscopy are adopted to characterize as-deposited diamond films; SEM and energy dispersive X-ray（EDX） are used to investigate the worn region on the surfaces of both counterface balls and diamond films. The research results show that the friction coefficient of HFCVD diamond films always starts with a high initial value, and then gradually transits to a relative stable state. For a given counterface and a sliding condition, the FGD film presents lower stable friction coefficients by 0.02-0.03 than MCD film. The transferred materials adhered on sliding interface are supposed to have predominate effect on the friction behaviors of HFCVD diamond films. Furthermore, the effect of water lubricating on reducing friction coefficient is significant. For a given counterpart, the stable friction coefficients of MCD or FGD films reduce by about 0.07-0.08 while sliding in the water lubricating condition, relative to in dry sliding condition. This study is beneficial for widespread applications of HFCVD diamond coated mechanical components and adopting water lubricating system, replacing ofoil lubricating, in a variety of mechanical processing fields to implement the green pr
