Tribological behavior of textured cemented carbide filled with solid lubricants in dry sliding with titanium alloys

► Surface texturing was fabricated on cemented carbide disks. ► Tribological behavior of four kinds of samples against Ti6Al4V was investigated. ► Only the TSL sample can improve the tribological properties of cemented carbide. ► The friction coefficients and temperatures are reduced in operation with TSL sample. ► The TSL sample can also reduce wear loss of the titanium alloy.