The Correlation between Surface Integrity and Operating Behaviour of Slide Burnished Components—A Review and Prospects

Abstract

This review paper analyses and summarises the results found while studying the slide burnishing (SB) of metal components refracted through a prism during the surface engineering (SE) process, over the period of January 2019 to January 2023. According to the classification of SE processes defined in the article, SB as a technique in the scope of SE that belongs to the group of static surface cold working (SCW) processes, based on severe surface plastic deformation, and is realised under the condition of sliding friction contact with the treated surface. When the deforming element is natural or artificial diamond, SB is known as diamond burnishing (DB). SB is especially suited for axes, shafts, and holes with circular cross-sections but can also be implemented on flat-face and complex surfaces. SB is eco-friendly and a very economical method for producing mirror-like surface finishes on a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous machined surfaces, but it can also be realised as a hardening and mixed process with the aim of significantly increasing the fatigue strength and wear resistance of the treated components. Based on a literature review of the results of the theory and practice of SB, an analysis on different criteria was carried out, and graphic visualizations of the statistical results were made. Additionally, the results were analysed using the integrated approach of SE to study the correlations between the apexes of the triangle: SB—surface integrity (SI)—operational behaviour (OB). On this basis, relevant conclusions were drawn, and promising directions for future investigations of SB were outlined.