SBIR Phase I: Temperature-Adaptive Nano-Crystalline Combinatorial Self-Lubricating Coating

这一小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发一种新型的温度自适应纳米晶组合自润滑刀具涂层。固体润滑剂和硬相复合涂层刀具在机械加工领域具有重要的应用前景。目前可用的自润滑涂层具有沉积在硬相上的软润滑相。软相很快就会磨损，硬质相的底层没有润滑。此外，今天的润滑剂涂层不提供温度适应性。这两个问题都将在这个项目中得到解决。该项目的商业潜力将是具有极高耐磨性的纳米复合涂层的刀具，这将延长刀具的寿命。这项技术将对刀具和模具行业产生重大影响。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a novel temperature-adaptive nano-crystalline combinatorial self-lubricating coating for cutting tools. Solid lubricant and hard phase combinatorial coated tools have significant potential application for machining applications. Currently available self-lubricating coatings have a soft lubricant phase deposited over a hard phase. The soft phase quickly wears out leaving the under layer of hard phase without lubrication. Also, todays lubricant coatings do not offer temperature adaptability. Both of these problems are addressed will be addressed in this project. The commercial potential of this project will be tools that have an extremely wear-resistant nano-composite coatings which will increase the life of a tool. This technology will have siginificant impact on the cutting tool and die industries.