RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Bakalova, Totka A1 Petkov, Nikolay A1 Bahchedzhiev, Hristo A1 Louda, Petr T1 Tribology of Titanium-Aluminium Base Nanomultilayer Coatings JF Manufacturing Technology Journal YR 2016 VO 16 IS 5 SP 859 OP 864 DO 10.21062/ujep/x.2016/a/1213-2489/MT/16/5/859 UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201605-0004.php AB The article presents investigation of the trybological properties, particularly dry friction and friction using a process fluid, of friction pairs of steel ball against titanium-aluminium base nanomultilayer (NML) coatings. The coatings are deposited by cathodic arc evaporation of both pure titanium and aluminium with eighteen percent silicon cathodes. Each multilayer structure consists of 49 bi-layers. The external deposited layeris with five times longer growing period. The coatings are deposited at the temperature of 400°C and the work pressure of 2 Pa. Polished steel discs (Ø 20 mm × 5 mm thick) are used as the substrate material. The measured dry friction coeficients are in the range of 0.216 - 0.356 and the coefficients friction using process fluid is in the range of 0.085 - 0.151. The calculated wear of the counter-body is in the range of (0.66/ 4.21)×10-3 mm3, asit depends on the friction conditions and the used multilayer coating.