Objective

To improve life of diamond rough station honing stone beyond the current life of 3,500 liners per set of diamond hones utilizing competitor hones.

Process

Rough finish with diamond hone, semi-finish with diamond honing stone, pre-finish with vitrified abrasive honing stone, final plateau honing with vitrified honing stone.

Component

Diesel Cylinder Liner

Material

Cast Iron

Hardness

93-104 HRB 200-270 HB

Incoming Finish

6um Ra (direct from hard turning)

Coolant

Castrol Syntilo 9930

Machine Setup

Single station hone for rough finishing

Stone Specification

Rough: SEG-D213-080-851

Stone Size

3 x 5 x 125mm; Mounted to steel carrier.

Results

Use of Darmann products resulted in a 429% improvement from 3500 liners per set to 15,000.

Final finish improved from 3.9um Ra to 2.0um Ra.