On the possibility of minimizing wear of the “wheel-rail” system using ultrafine mineral powders in combination with electric spark hardening

A.V. Skazochkin; G.G. Bondarenko; S.V. Kislov; A.S. Useinov

doi:10.48612/letters/2025-4-277-283

On the possibility of minimizing wear of the “wheel-rail” system using ultrafine mineral powders in combination with electric spark hardening

A.V. Skazochkin

, G.G. Bondarenko

, S.V. Kislov, A.S. Useinov

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Получена 04 августа 2025; Принята 07 октября 2025;
Эта работа написана на английском языке

Цитирование: A.V. Skazochkin, G.G. Bondarenko, S.V. Kislov, A.S. Useinov. On the possibility of minimizing wear of the “wheel-rail” system using ultrafine mineral powders in combination with electric spark hardening. Письма о материалах. 2025. Т.15. №4. С.277-283

BibTex https://doi.org/10.48612/letters/2025-4-277-283

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Three-dimensional image of the surface relief of the wheel rollers before and after modification and testing

The article presents the results of comparative studies of wear resistance of railway wheel samples with surface modification by ultrafine mineral powders and without modification. The tested samples are made of standard railway wheels made of CT2sp steel (ordinary quality carbon steel — an analogue of Q215 steel (China), A192 steel (USA), and RSt34–2 steel (Germany)), and the support rollers are made of E78HF rail steel (E76HF, Russia). The outer cylindrical surfaces are modified with ultrafine mineral particles (quartz, serpentine, tungsten carbide) using mineral coating technology. To introduce particles of mineral mixtures into the metal surface, the surface microtopography shape and subsequent ultrasonic surface treatment were used; the main tribological parameters of the sample surface before and after modification were determined. The study of wear resistance of railway wheel samples with a modified layer and samples without treatment after 6∙ 104 test cycles showed that samples with mineral treatment increase the wear resistance of samples by 2.4 times compared to untreated samples. The tests also showed that the wheel rollers treated with minerals do not increase the wear of the counter rollers made of E78HF rail steel, which can help minimize the wear of the wheel-rail tribosystem and can be used for transport operating in conditions of abrasive dust, high humidity, and other aggressive environments.

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