Possibilities of oil pockets creation by the burnishing technique

This paper presents method of oil pockets creation by the burnishing (embossing) technique. Steel and ceramic forming elements were used to modify sliding surfaces. This technique allows to obtain dimples in a wide dimensional range and regular arrangement. Dimples array on machined surface depends on the forming element shape and many machining factors. Examples of textured cylinder liners surface topographies are shown. The computer software for visualization of oil pockets array on machined surface is presented in this paper.