Research and Development of Technology for Surface Layers of Roll and Sliding Bearings Components

To increase of bearing steels properties are research and development of surface modifications well above dedicated, in present. Basic requirements to the surface modifications are high wear resistance and good temperature resistance (origin by friction). Surface modifications can not negatively influence properties of bearing steels as a substrate. One of the possibilities can be used surface modifications used for high temperature applications. These are based on saturation of substrate surface layer by Al (and Si) elements. This work deals with preparing of Al and Al-Si diffusion layers from slurries on 100Cr6 bearing steel surface and study of elements interaction between coating and bearing steel as a substrate during proceeding of protective layers at high temperatures. To elements interaction study light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy equipped by energy dispersive microanalyses, glow discharge optical emission spectrometry and microhardness measurement methods were used. To the evaluation of layer thickness image analyses was used