Component, in particular for a valve train system, and method for producing a component of this type

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11739426-B2
Application number	US-201917283187-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2019
Priority date	Oct 16, 2018
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

A component (100), in particular for a valve train system, having a substrate (3) and a layer system (1) applied at least in parts to the substrate (3), wherein the layer system (1) includes a friction-reducing and wear-reducing protective layer (2) for forming a component surface, wherein the protective layer (2) has at least one first sub-layer (4, 4a) made of doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon, which includes sp3-hybridized carbon having a mole fraction of at least 50%, wherein the first sub-layer (4, 4a) contains oxygen in a concentration in the range from 0.1 at % to 3.0 at % and hydrogen in a concentration in the range from 0.1 at % to 15 at %, and wherein the first sub-layer (4, 4a) has one or more of the following dopants in a concentration in the range from 0.03 at % to 15 at %: chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, silicon, copper, niobium, zirconium, vanadium, nickel, iron, silver, hafnium, fluorine, boron and nitrogen. A method for producing such a component (100) is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A component, comprising:
a substrate;
a layer system applied at least in parts to the substrate;
wherein the layer system comprises a friction-reducing and wear-reducing protective layer that forms a component surface, the protective layer has a hardness which is greater than 40 GPa, the protective layer further has a first sub-layer made of:
doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon which comprises sp 3 -hybridized carbon having a mole fraction of greater than 50%,
oxygen in a concentration in a range from 0.1 at % to 3.0 at %,
hydrogen in a concentration in a range from 0.1 at % to 15 at %, and
one or more of the following dopants in a concentration in a range from 0.03 at % to 15 at %:
chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, silicon, copper, niobium, zirconium, vanadium, nickel, iron, silver, hafnium, fluorine, boron or nitrogen.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the layer system has an adhesive layer arranged between the substrate and the protective layer, and the adhesive layer has chromium, titanium, tungsten, zirconium, molybdenum, chromium nitride, titanium nitride, tungsten nitride, molybdenum nitride, or zirconium nitride.

3. The component according to claim 2 , wherein the adhesive layer has a layer thickness in a range from 0.001 μm to 2.0 μm.

4. The component according to claim 2 , wherein the layer system has an intermediate layer arranged between the adhesive layer and the protective layer, and the intermediate layer has at least one of a carbide, carbonitride of a metal or transition metal, or a non-metal.

5. The component according to claim 4 , wherein the intermediate layer has a layer thickness in a range from 0.001 μm to 1.0 μm.

6. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the protective layer has one or more of the first sub-layers made of the doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon and further includes one or more second sub-layers made of undoped tetrahedral amorphous carbon, and the first and the second sub-layers alternate with one another.

7. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a sliding bearing component or a roller bearing component or a component of a finger follower or a rocker arm or a pump tappet or a roller tappet.

8. The component according to claim 7 , wherein the layer system is arranged in at least one of a rolling contact, an anti-friction contact, or a sliding contact to an adjacent contact component.

9. A method for producing a component according to claim 1 , the method comprising applying the first sub-layer made of the doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon by physical vapor deposition using arc evaporation, and introducing the at least one dopant into the first sub-layer via at least one of a gas phase, a target made of doped carbon, or co-sputtering into the first sub-layer.

10. A valve train system component, comprising:
a substrate;
a layer system applied at least in parts to the substrate;
wherein the layer system comprises a friction-reducing and wear-reducing protective layer that forms a component surface, the protective layer has a first sub-layer made of:
doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon which comprises sp 3 -hybridized carbon having a mole fraction of greater than 50%,
oxygen in a concentration in a range from 0.1 at % to 3.0 at %,
hydrogen in a concentration in a range from 0.1 at % to 15 at %, and
one or more of the following dopants in a concentration in a range from 0.03 at % to 15 at %:
chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, silicon, copper, niobium, zirconium, vanadium, nickel, iron, silver, hafnium, fluorine, boron or nitrogen; and
wherein the layer system has an adhesive layer arranged between the substrate and the protective laver, and an intermediate layer arranged between the adhesive layer and the protective layer, the intermediate layer being at least one of a carbide, carbonitride of a metal or transition metal, or a non-metal.

11. The valve train system component according to claim 10 , wherein the adhesive layer has at least one of chromium, titanium, tungsten, zirconium, molybdenum, chromium nitride, titanium nitride, tungsten nitride, molybdenum nitride, or zirconium nitride.

12. The valve train system component according to claim 11 , wherein the adhesive layer has a layer thickness in a range from 0.001 μm to 2.0 μm.

13. The valve train system component according to claim 10 , wherein the intermediate layer has a layer thickness in a range from 0.001 μm to 1.0 μm.

14. The valve train system component according to claim 10 , wherein the protective layer has one or more of the first sub-layers made of the doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon and further includes one or more second sub-layers made of undoped tetrahedral amorphous carbon, and the first and the second sub-layers alternate with one another.

15. The valve train system component according to claim 10 , wherein the protective layer has a hardness which is greater than 40 GPa.

16. A method for producing a component according to claim 1 , the method comprising applying the first sub-layer made of the doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon by physical vapor deposition using high-power impulse magnetron sputtering, and introducing the at least one dopant into the first sub-layer via at least one of a gas phase, a target made of doped carbon, or co-sputtering into the first sub-layer.

Assignees

• Schaeffler Technologies Ag

Inventors

• Brugnara Ricardo Henrique
• Bagcivan Nazlim
• Schulz Edgar

Classifications

• C23C28/343 Primary

  with at least one DLC or an amorphous carbon based layer, the layer being doped or not · CPC title

• C23C14/025

  Metallic sublayers · CPC title

• C23C14/0605 Primary

  Carbon · CPC title

• C23C28/323

  with at least one amorphous metallic material layer · CPC title

• C23C28/42

  characterized by the composition of the alternating layers · CPC title