Ninth International Symposium on Bearing Steel Technologies: Advances in Rolling Contact Fatigue Strength Testing and Related Substitute Technologies Sponsored by ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless and Related Alloys

November 17-18, 2011 Tampa Marriott Waterside Tampa, FL Symposium Chairman:

John Beswick SKF Nieuwegein The Netherlands

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2011 [Reception 5:00 PM-7:00 PM]

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2011

8:00 A.M. Opening Remarks Symposium Introduction and Award Presentations: John M. Beswick, SKF Group Technology, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands James A. Caraosiello, The Timken Company, Canton Ohio, USA

Session 1: Advances in the Understanding of the Rolling Contact Fatigue Process and Related Test Methods Session Chair:

James A. Caraosiello The Timken Company Canton Ohio, USA

8:30 A.M. Rolling Contact Fatigue Testing, Bearing Life Prediction and Steel Properties T. Lund, AB SKF, Gothenburg, Sweden 9:00 A.M. Influence of Manufacturing Processes on Bearing Fatigue Life - The Role of Reduction Ratio P. Daguier, M. Meheux, J-C. Louin, Ascometal CREAS, 57300 Hagondange, France

9:30 A.M. Application Condition Simulation through Testing of Repaired Products Further Demonstrates Infinite Fatigue Theory E. Streit, FAG Kugelfischer AG & Co., Schweinfurt, Germany; and J. Brock, The Barden Corporation, Danbury, USA 10:00 A.M. Structured Approach to Material Testing Ensures Reliable Introduction of New Technologies - Combining M50 DH and Silicon Nitride Rolling Elements E. Streit, FAG Kugelfischer AG & Co., Schweinfurt, Germany; and J. Brock, The Barden Corporation, Danbury, USA 10:30 A.M.

BREAK

11:00 A.M. Rolling Contact Fatigue Strength Testing and Material Developments in Aerospace Bearings - A Retrospective Analysis M. Ragen and G. Zimmerman, SKF USA, Falconer NY, USA 11:30 A.M. Lifetime Testing of Components with Defects in the Rolling Contact Fatigue Zone C. Tarawneh, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA; L. Koester and J. A. Turner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; A. J. Fuller, Amsted Rail Brenco, Petersburg, VA, USA; and Brent M. Wilson, Amsted Rail, Granite City, IL, USA 12:00 P.M.

Lunch (On Your Own)

1:00 P.M. Near-Race Ultrasonic Detection of Subsurface Defects in Bearing Components L. Koester and J. A. Turner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; A. J. Fuller, Amsted Rail Brenco, Petersburg, VA, USA; and B. M. Wilson, Amsted Rail, Granite City, IL, USA 1:30 P.M. Steel Cleanliness and Bearing Life W. Trojahn, and S. Rösch, Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co KG, Sweinfurt, Germany Session 2: Material Quality Related Rolling Contact Fatigue Testing Session Chair:

John M. Beswick SKF Group Technology Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

2:00 P.M. Rolling Contact Fatigue Evaluation of Materials Using NTN-SNR FB2 Test Rig A Useful Equipment for Qualification of Steels and Steelmakers and for Research D. Girodin, C. Sidoroff, and G. Dudragne, NTN-S.N.R. Roulements, Annecy, France 2:30 P.M. Rolling Contact Fatigue Testing of Stainless Steel and Cobalt-Based Components Using Water as Lubricant M. Y. Sherif and B. Han, SKF Group Technology, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands; and L. Kahlman, SKF Sverige AB, Gothenburg, Sweden 3:00 P.M. Bearing Ball Life Testing A. Catullo and S. Rapa, NN, Inc., Pinerolo, Italy; J. Kirkpatrick, NN, Inc., 3:30 P.M.

Break

Session 3: Structural Testing as a Substitute to Contact Fatigue Testing Session Chair:

Richard Grimes Gerdau Steel Jackson, MI, USA

4:00 P.M. Gigacycle Fatigue - A New Tool for Exploring Bearing Steel C. Bathias, University Paris Ouest, Ville d’Avray, France 4:30 P.M. Ultrasonic Fretting Behavior of 52100 Bearing Steel under Gigacycle Ultrasonic Fatigue Loading I.-S. Cho, C.-S. Lee, I.-G. Park, A. Amanov and Y.-S. Pyun, Sun Moon University, Chungnam, South Korea; K.-H. Kim, POSCO, Seoul, South Korea; and B.-H. Kim, DaeJin Science Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea 5:00 P.M. Rotating Beam Testing of Bearing Steels – An Effective Rolling Contact Endurance Test Complement K. Ryden and T. Lund, AB SKF, Gothenburg, Sweden 6:00 P.M.

RECEPTION (Hosted by Gerdau Special Steel North America)

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2011 Session 3: continued: Structural Testing as a Substitute to Contact Fatigue Testing 8:00 A.M. Fatigue Behaviour of 52100 Steel in Different Microstructures Regarding Carbide Distribution using Rolling Contact and Compression-Torsion Fatigue Tests K. Burkart, H. Bomas, and -W. Zoch, Stiftung IWT, Bremen, Germany; R. Schroeder, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany 8:30 A.M. Development of Ultrasonic Tortional Fatigue Tester to Evaluate Rolling Bearing Steels N. Sakanaka and Y. Matsubara, NTN Corporation, Kuwana, Mie, Japan; Y. Shimamura and H. Ishii, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan Session 4: Substitute RCF Metallurgical Test Methods Session Chair:

Phil Predmesky SKF NATC Pymouth, MI, USA

9:00 A.M. Improvement of Ultrasonic Tests for the Macroscopic Inclusions Evaluation Y. Aoyama, I. Takasu, and Y. Unigame, Sanyo Special Steel Co., Ltd., Himeji, Japan 9:30 A.M. Simulated Measures to Estimate the Standard EN 10247 with Regard to the Other Standard Methods in Support of RCF Quality Assurance E. Hénault, Ascometal CREAS, Hagondange, France 10:00 A.M. Advanced Methods for Assessing the Quality of Bearing Steels P. F. Morris and S. Carey, Tata Steel Specialty Sheffield, United Kingdom 10:30 A.M.

BREAK Session 5: Material Response Analysis and Rolling Contact Fatigue

Session Chair:

Pat McDonough Gerdau Steel Fort Smith, AR, USA

11:00 A.M. Raceway Grooving, a Tool for Monitoring Microstructural Changes J.-E. Andersson, G. Wicks, P. Olund, Ovako Hofors AB, Hofors Sweden 11:30 A.M. Life-calibrated Material Based Evaluation of Rolling Contact Fatigue Tests and Influence of the Matrix Condition on the Basic Correlation Between Microstructural Changes and Xray Diffraction Peak Width Response J. Gegner and W. Nierlich, SKF GmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany 12:00 P.M. Material Response Bearing Testing Under Vibration Loading W. Nierlich and J. Gegner, SKF GmbH, Schweinfurt, Germany 12:30 P.M. Metal Physics and Rolling Contact Fatigue Testing R.H. Vegter and J.T. Slycke, SKF, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands 1:00 P.M.

Lunch (On Your Own) Session 6: Developments in the Understanding of the Statistics of Rolling Contact Fatigue Testing and Advances in Modelling

Session Chair:

John M. Beswick SKF Group Technology Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

2:00 P.M. Rolling Contact Fatigue in Bearings: Phenomenology and Modelling Techniques P. E. J. Rivera-Diaz-del-Castillo, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 2:30 P.M. Statistical Treatment of Bearing Fatigue Data - Weibull 2 or 3 Parameters S. Blachère, SKF-ERC, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

3:00 P.M. Fiber Flow Orientation and Rolling Contact Fatigue Life - Simulation and Testing M. Meheux and P. Daguier, Ascometal CREAS, Hagondange, France; A. Stienon, Ascometal CREAS, Cavaillon, France; and A. Fazekas, A. Vincent, and G. Baudry, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France 3:30 P.M.

Symposium Chairman’s Closing Remarks

3:45 P.M.

SYMPOSIUM ADJOURNS

5:00 P.M.

RECEPTION