Excavator sleeves with austempered ductile iron were prepared by centrifugal casting process combined with isothermal quenching in order to improve the service life. Microstructure
mechanical properties and wear resistance of the samples were analyzed. The results indicating that the quenching microstructure of ADI is fine
composed of ultrafine needle-shaped ferrites
spheroidal graphite and residual austenite. Under dry and oil friction conditions
the friction coefficient and wear loss of ADI are far lower than that of 45 steel. ADI meets the performance requirements of excavator sleeve
showing a good application prospect in construction machinery.