Abstract
In the 1st report, the applicability of alumina ceramics (Al2O3) to ball screws was studied by rolling fatigue life test using the simplified cylindrical model of ball screws. In this report, the applicability of silicon nitride (Si3N4) and Sialon (SiAlON) ceramics was also studied by the same method. It was clarified by the test that the surface roughness of both materials had influence on the life and the basic dynamic capacities of both materials were 10% of that of bearing steel (SUJ 2) when the test pieces had good surfaces. SEM observation made it clear that the fracture occurred at the outskirts of ceramics pores in the same process as the fracture of the alumina. As a result, the applicability order of 3 ceramics are the silicon nitride, Sialon and alumina.
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