Abstract: Two advanced carburizing grade gear steels were evaluated and compared against an AMS 6260 baseline material. Each material was evaluated on three lubricants (an unformulated ester basestock, a ...

Abstract: A 35-mm bore angular contact ball bearing having M50 tool steel races and hot pressed silicon nitride balls was tested at speeds to 71,500 rpm (2.5-million DN). The bearing ran smoothly ...

Abstract: A program is currently underway to use ion implantation to improve the tribological and corrosion characteristics of load bearing surfaces in both rolling element bearings and gears used in ...