Advanced Materials Research Vols. 984-985

Abstract: In this project we study and analyze polyurethane filled solid tire for industrial purpose. The tire plays a significant role in the performance of a vehicle. We studied about the solid tire developed recently for the material handling vehicle. With better specifications and removing all the drawbacks of the solid tires we developed polyurethane filled solid tire. The various data used for developing the tire design are mentioned by the industry as per their requirements. The various methods of fabrication and performance testing are included in this project. It also deals with situation were the tire failure occurs and is designed taking into consideration of those factors. The design is carefully made meeting the demands of the application.

Abstract: Now a days the global warming and air pollution are big issue in the world. The more amount of air pollution is due to emissions from an internal combustion engine. Catalytic converter plays a vital role in reducing harmful gases. In this study, the nanocoated catalytic converter efficiency was focused. The flow area of catalytic converter plays a vital role in the conversion of the harmful gases NOx, CO & UHC. The wire mesh coated with Alumina and Ti02 was the conversion medium. By varying the length of the wire mesh, the flow area was changed. The length of the wire mesh substrate was varied by 100mm, 150mm and 200mm. It was experimentally found that the increase in flow area reduces the exhaust emissions smoke, CO, HC and NO_x.

Abstract: The influence of Zwitterionic - propanesulfonate surfactant on the surface properties such as surface roughness, surface morphology and microhardness of Ni-B coatings using electroless alkaline bath was reported in this paper. Ni-B deposits obtained from nickel chloride as the source of nickel and borohydride as the reducing agent at a pH of 11 and 12 and temperature 85 ± 2 ^OC. This study reveals that the Ni – B coatings were clearly influenced by the addition of surfactant propanesulfonate on surface roughness and surface morphology. Electroless nickel (EN) - B coatings with addition of surfactant has changed the surface morphology from non-smooth nodular appearance to a smooth surface with average roughness value 1.4μm, which is less than the R_a value of without surfactant 1.98μm. The hardness of the deposit increased with lesser concentration of the surfactant when compared to without surfactant addition. Surface morphology and composition of the Ni–B coatings was analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

Abstract: Forming limit diagram presents limit strains for different linear strain paths. In other words it indicates localized formability of sheet metals under different proportional loading and is considered a powerful tool for trouble shooting in sheet-metal forming industries. In this study in-plane and out-of-plane forming limit diagrams were determined for aluminum 5052. In the experimental works, all specimens were prepared in the rolling direction and annealed before testing. Forming up to fracture was carried out on INSTRON UTM with a tensile force of 1N. The sheet samples were subjected to tension-compression state of strain by varying the notch sizes of the samples. FLD was drawn by plotting the minor strain in abscissa and corresponding major strain in ordinate and by drawing a curve which separates the safe region from the unsafe region.

Abstract: In this present study zirconia particles of nanometric dimensions were synthesized using sol-gel method via the starting precursors of zirconium oxy-chloride octa-hydrate (ZrOCl₂.8H2O) and oxalic acid {(COOH)₂.2H₂O}. A transparent sol obtained was dried at 110° C for 12 hours and the dried gel was subjected to calcination at 1000°C respectively for 3 hours in order to obtain nanozirconia particles. XRD characterization reveals the presence of single phase tetragonal ZrO₂ and SEM morphological characterization reveals the presence of nanosize ZrO₂ particles .The particle size distribution also confirms the nanometric size range of ZrO₂ particles. The obtained nanoparticles was incorporated in the glaze composition which generally is defined as a thin glassy layer on a ceramic body that results by applying a special admixture on ceramic body and by fusing at high temperature. This glaze formulation is well bounded for dry tile manufacturing process .The incorporation of the prepared nanozirconia in a typical glaze composition are well established for its excellent mechanical, thermal and good resistance to chemical attack. Addition of zirconia increases the opacity of the tiles and also enhances the brightness .In this study with the comparison of standard conventional zircon it is bound to say that particle size decreases. Moreover glaze characterizations i.e.TG-DTA, Spectrophotometer, Abrasion resistance, crazing resistance tests was studied which shows the improvement of surface characteristics which has been enhanced by using the nanoparticles. The opacity is also increased with lower dose of usage of zirconia nanoparticles.

Abstract: An experimental investigation of mechanical properties of TiN and AlCrN Coated cutting tools have been performed at room Temperature. HSS single point cutting tool is taken as substrate material. Aluminium chromium nitride (AlCrN) and Titanium Nitride (TiN) is applied by physical vapour deposition method. Vaporized and condensed form of the desired film material on to various work piece surface is generally known as Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD). The finished product’s surface finish is increased by the coated tool and hence it reduces the cost of quality control process in industry. In uncoated HSS tool, the tool frequently requires replacement or reconditioning, which is not required for TiN and AlCrN Coated cutting tool and hence it reduces the cost for replacements .In PVD coating, the tool life is increased about 7.5 times compared to the uncoated cutting tool. For the factor of cost analysis, the cost required for making an AlCrN coated cutting tool is drastically reduced and increased life of tool also reduces the cost to procure a new tool or replacing an old one.

Abstract: Electroless nickel phosphorous-Nylon 66 composite coating was done on low carbon steel. The incorporation of nylon particles in electroless nickel phosphorous coating is conformed from Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) studies. EN nylon composite coating shows high coating thickness and corrosive strength than EN coating for similar condition. Nylon particle were evenly distributed in EN matrix and contributed to corrosion resistance of the coating.

Abstract: Nanoscience is primarily deals with synthesis, exploration, exploitation and of nanostructured materials. Those materials are characterized by at least one dimension in the nanometer range. Particles of “nano” size have been shown to exhibit enhanced or novel properties including reactivity, thermal properties, greater sensing capability, electrical conductivity and increased mechanical strength. These nanotechnique offers clean, simple, fast, economic, and efficient for the synthesis of a variety of organic molecules, have provided the momentum for many chemists to switch from traditional method. In this article an attempt was made to focus on what is nanomaterials, how is it generated and what all the importance it may have are and the important applications.

Abstract: The Ni based alloys and composites synthesized by electro-deposition techniques were investigated in this paper. The co-deposition techniques for development of Ni-Co alloys, synthesis of oxide doped nanocomposites were analyzed. The hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of different coatings: Ni, Ni-Co alloys, Ni-Fe₂O_3, Ni-Al₂O_3, Ni-Fe-BN, Ni-TiN composites were studied in detail. The Ni-Fe-BN and Ni-TiN showed more than 550 percent increase in hardness of stainless steel substrate. The Hardness was found to be about 600-1180Hv for Nitride impregnated coatings. These films also showed higher corrosion resistance in comparison to other Ni based alloy and composite coatings. The microstructural investigation of these alloys showed nanostructured rods and fibres in the deposited films.

Abstract: Detonation gun spray coating method (D-Spray) [1] is one of the effective method of thermal spray coating process. The surface of material or substrate will be enhanced by deposition of coating powders such as metal oxides and ceramics like aluminium oxides, tungsten carbide ,nickel chromium etc by D-spray method that prevents the metal from corrosion and to increase the wear resistance. This coating process had wide applications in different engineering sectors such as aviation industry, marine industry, biomedical industry etc., In this Experimental study the Process parameter optimization of D-spray coating process which is one of the Thermal spray Coating process was done by Taguchi method, [3] in order to find the best processing conditions and to get higher quality of coating. [6] Microhardness was estimated for various combinations of parameters and the optimum process parameters were obtained. Best combination of process parameters has been predicted which results that the thickness of the coating has got a major effect.