Patent ID: 9545690
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B23K,F01L,F16C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for structuring at least one sliding surface of a machine element, the method comprising providing the at least one sliding surface with a first microstructure for holding lubricant using a first structuring method, wherein the first structuring method is performed using a direct structuring method, in which individual structures isolated from each other are formed by a single laser beam, and the individual structures have a depth of 40-50 μm, and forming further structures in the at least one sliding surface using a second structuring method defining a second microstructure with less depth in comparison with the first microstructure, wherein the second structuring method is performed using a laser interference structuring method with a maximum depth of 1.5 μm of the further structures.