Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Ceramic Piston Crown for Truck Run in Desert

WU Feng-Ying; ZHUANG Han-Rui; LI Wen-Lan; XU Su-Ying; LUO Xin-Yu; FU Xi-Ren   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
  • Received:1997-05-09 Revised:1997-06-24 Published:1998-06-20 Online:1998-06-20

Abstract: The silicon nitride ceramic piston crown is a critical component for the cooling-free diesel engine. The piston crown material used is GPS-RBSN with rare-earth oxide additives,
sintered in the range of 1800~1960℃, under nitrogen pressure of 0.1~6 MPa, and its bend strength being 750 MPa, KIC 7.2 MPa·m1/2, weibull Modulus 12.3.
Piston crowns made from this material were assembled in 6105 cooling-free diesel engines, the diesel engine constructed was
rig-tested for more than 700 hours. The engine was installed in an EQ2060 truck and road-tested for more than 1900km in desert and no trouble found.

Key words: desert truck, ceramic piston crown, cooling-free diesel engine

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