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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Udo Schlegel, Vechelde, DE;
Reinhard Vogelsang, Salzgitter, DE;
Volkswagen AG, , DE;
Abstract
In order to produce connecting rod bearings which are easier to mount and which are the larger strongly bonded, the large connecting rod eye is plasma-coated with an aluminum-bronze. At the start of the plasma-spraying process, the plasma layer is deposited at a high temperature in order to ensure that the plasma layer bonds well to the connecting rod eye material and has a low level of porosity. In order to prevent the connecting rod eye material from annealing, the depositing temperature of the plasma layer is reduced so that the material to be removed during subsequent finishing is deposited at a lower temperature. After the plasma-coating process is complete, the connecting rod eye is opened by taking off the bearing cover, thus breaking the plasma layer. The cover is then remounted and the bearing surface is finished by fine spindling. The bearing layer has an annular groove in order to improve the oil holding volume. A particularly strong bond between the aluminum-bronze and the connecting rod material can be achieved by multiple sand-blasting of the surface to be coasted with sand particles of increasing grain size.