Effect of temperature on the friction and wear of heat-resistant polymer-based composites

The friction and wear of polyether sulphone (PES: ‘Victrex’-ICI), polyether etherketone (PEEK: ICI), polyamide-imide (PAI: Torlon'-Amoco) and Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composites were measured at a constant sliding speed and under a constant load at various temperatures up to 300 °C by rubbing against a steel disc. The frictions of the composites, except for some PAI composites, were generally little dependent upon temperature over a wide range of temperature. PTFE filler was effective in reducing the wear of composites at high temperatures. However, the addition of various fibres to the composites was not effective at high temperatures. The wear of PAI composites increased rapidly with increasing temperature and thus their temperature variations were considerably greater than those of the other composites. The wear of PTFE containing ‘Econol’ E–1 OI, a polyoxybenzylene nomo-polymer (Sumitomo Chemical Co.) and graphite was similar to that of the PEEK composite containing PTFE, and their wear rates were remarkably low over a wide range of temperature. The wear-reducing mechanisms of PTFE and ‘Econol’ fillers are discussed on the basis of microscopic examinations of the frictional surfaces.     

Effect of fiber orientation on friction and wear of fiber reinforced polymeric composites

The friction and wear behavior of composites (i.e. uniaxially oriented graphite fiber-epoxy, Kevlar fiber-epoxy and biaxially oriented glass fiber-MoS₂-polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)) was investigated as a function of varying fiber orientations with respect to the sliding direction. In graphite fiber-epoxy composites, both wear and friction coefficients were minimum when the orientation of the fibers was normal to the sliding surface. In Kevlar-epoxy composites when the fibers were oriented normal to the surface and the sliding direction, the wear rate was also minimum but the friction coefficient was the highest. In glass fiber-MoS₂-PTFE composites wear was minimum when the largest fraction of fibers was oriented normal to the sliding surface.     

硼-桐油改性酚醛树脂对摩擦材料性能的影响

编织型制动带由于柔韧性好,抗拉强度高,广泛应用于各种起重运输机械的制动。随着非石棉化和交通运输机械向高速重载方向发展,传统由松香改性酚醛树脂制成的聚桐油脂以及其他粘接剂已不能满足高温下对于刹车的要求。其原因在于树脂中存在易氧化的酚羟基或亚甲基,使得树脂耐热性、柔韧和耐水性等使用性能差。本文就硼-桐油双改性酚醛树脂和其他几种树脂对摩擦材料的摩擦性能的影响进行了比较和分析。     

Sliding friction and wear of alumina-reinforced zirconia-toughened mullite composites

The friction and wear characteristic of self-mated alumina-reinforced zirconia-toughened mullite (ZTM/A) composites has been investigated using a block-on-ring tribometer in different lubricants at varying loads. Load-dependent wear transitions were observed for these ceramics. The wear transition was usually accompanied by an abrupt change of friction coefficient and wear rate. The addition of Al₂O₃ effectively reduces the wear rate of ZTM/A composites before the wear transition in water and at middle loads in machine oil. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs show that the main pre-transition wear mechanism of ZTM/A composites is plastic deformation, ploughing and occasionally grains pulling out, while fracture is the dominant mechanism of post-transition. Al₂O₃ can restrain the t→m phase transformation of zirconia to some extent and improve the resistance of these materials to wear by fracture, ploughing and plastic deformation.     

Corrosive wear characteristics of bronze friction resisting composites

Abstract

Three groups of bronze based composites with different amounts of slide additive (graphite) and friction additives (SiC and SiO₂) were prepared by powder metallurgy technique. The corrosive wear behaviours of the resulting composites in electrochemical aqueous solutions, namely, acidic rain, neutral rain and wastewater, were comparatively investigated. The corrosive wear mechanisms of the bronze composites were discussed based on examination of the worn surface morphologies of the composite block materials by means of scanning electron microscopy equipped with an energy dispersion spectrometry. The determination of corrosive wear rates was carried out by means of a combination of electrochemical and gravimetric techniques. Increasing both slide and friction additives improved the corrosion resistance of these bronze composites. Samples with 1·5% graphite, 3%SiO₂ and 3%SiC had the highest corrosive wear resistance in neutralised as well as in acid rain due to the high amount of antifriction and slide additives, in addition to low porosity.     

镁基复合材料磨损性能研究进展

介绍近年来有关颗粒、短纤维(或晶须)和纤维增强镁基复合材料干滑动摩擦磨损的研究现状,分析了正载荷、滑动速度、滑动距离和增强相种类、大小、形状、取向、体积分数等因素对镁基复合材料磨损性能的影响.     

Effect of load and speed on the wear behaviour of woven glass fabrics and aramid fibre-reinforced composites

In the present study, wear behaviour of woven 300 and 500 glass fabrics and aramid fibre-reinforced composite materials are experimentally investigated for 500 and 710 rpm speeds and at two different loads of 500 and 1000 g using a block-on-shaft wear tester. The wear in the experiments was determined as weight loss. The weight losses were measured after different sliding distance conditions. The worn surfaces were also examined by scanning electron microscope (SEM). As a result of this study, it is shown that the applied load on the specimens has more effect on the wear than the speed. Also the weight loss in the woven 500 glass fabric reinforced is more than that in the woven 300 glass fabric-reinforced composite. The weight loss of aramid fibre-reinforced composite is quite low compared with woven glass fabric-reinforced composites.     

Wear mechanism of multiphase friction materials with different phenolic resin matrices

Wear of the brake friction materials with straight phenolic resin, silicon modified phenolic resin, or boron–phosphorous (B–P) modified phenolic resin was investigated. A simple formulation was used to produce friction material specimens and wear tests were carried out using a Krauss type friction tester. Friction stability and wear rate of the three friction materials were compared as a function of temperature up to 400 °C and the mechanisms associated with the wear processes at different temperature ranges were analyzed using Arrhenius type plots and worn surface morphology after tests. The results showed that the wear process below the critical temperature was mainly attributed to the gradual stripping of the heat affected surface layers of the friction material, while the wear rate at elevated temperatures was determined by the detachment of subsurfaces that was caused by the thermal decomposition of the resin. Among the three friction materials investigated in this study, the friction material containing B–P modified resin showed the best wear resistance and friction stability.     

Influence of counterface roughness on the friction and wear of polytetrafluorethylene- and polyacetal-based composites

The friction of various composites is generally little dependent upon the roughness. When the composites contain glass or carbon fibres, their wear rates are also little dependent upon the roughness. However, the wear rates of PTFE incorporating MoS₂, graphite or bronze and polyacetal incorporating PTFE increase rapidly as the roughness increases beyond a certain critical value characteristic of each of these composites. The roughness-dependency of the wear rate is markedly affected by the transfer during sliding.     

Effect of boronising on friction and wear of ferrous metals

Boronising is a surface diffusion treatment analogous to carburising, but produces harder surfaces without recourse to quenching. Friction and wear resistance of boronised coatings have been evaluated on steels and grey cast iron under dry sliding conditions. Boronising inhibits adhesive wear during running-in and at loads above the mild/severe transition load. The onset of severe wear is prevented until the boronised layer has been worn away, its life expectancy is extremely long and is inversely related to applied load.Boronising has considerable advantages over other similar surface conversion treatments under adhesive wear conditions and is likely to find application at elevated temperatures and under non-oxidising conditions.     

Polytetrafluoroethylene-based polymer composites with increased wear resistance in dry friction

Materials for use in dry friction may be developed on the basis of polytetrafluoroethylene modified by motor oil. It is shown that modification by motor oils considerably increases the wear resistance and reduces the frictional coefficient of the polymer. The friction and wear of polytetrafluoroethylene and its composites after modification by motor oils are considered.     

Effect of carbon fiber content on the friction and wear performance of paper-based friction materials

In order to get homogeneous pores distribution of friction materials, four kinds of micron-level carbon fibers reinforced paper-based friction materials were prepared. Experimental results showed that the porosity of samples decreased with the increase of carbon fiber content. Pores formed in micrometer-level fibers reinforced friction materials were more regular than friction materials reinforced by millimeter-level fibers. The tensile strength of samples decreased with the increase of carbon fiber content. The wear rate of samples increased with the increase of carbon fiber content. The sample with 55% carbon fibers exhibited the best friction stability and anti-shudder performance under oil lubricated conditions.     

Dry sliding friction and casing wear behavior of PCD reinforced WC matrix composites

The friction and casing wear properties of PCD reinforced WC matrix composites were investigated using a cylinder-on-ring wear-testing machine against N80 casing steel counterface under dry sliding conditions. The results indicate that the friction and casing wear rate of PCD reinforced WC matrix composites are the lowest among the materials. As the applied load and sliding speed steadily increase, the friction coefficients of PCD reinforced WC matrix composites decrease. In addition, the casing wear rates increase with increasing load, but decline with sliding velocity. The dominant wear mechanism of the PCD composite is the micro-cutting wear, accompanied by adhesive wear.     

Effect of matrix morphology on the wear and friction behavior of alumina nanoparticle/poly(ethylene) terephthalate composites

The friction and wear properties of poly(ethylene) terephthalate (PET) filled with alumina nanoparticles were studied. The nanoparticle loading was varied from 1 to 10 wt.%. The nanocomposite samples were tested in dry sliding against a steel counterface. The results show that the addition of nanoparticles can increase the wear resistance by nearly 2× over the unfilled polymer. The average coefficient of friction also decreased in many cases. The nanocomposites form a more adherent transfer film that protects the sample from the steel counterface, although the presence of an optimum filler content may be due to the development of abrasive agglomerates within the transfer films in the higher wt.% samples. This study varied both crystallinity and weight percent of filler in a PET matrix in an attempt to separate the effects of nanofillers and crystallinity on the tribology.     

Friction and wear of friction materials containing two different phenolic resins reinforced with aramid pulp

Friction and wear characteristics of automotive friction materials containing two different phenolic resins (a straight novolac resin and a modified novolac resin) were investigated using a pad-on-disk type friction tester. Six different friction materials with different relative amounts of the phenolic resins and aramid pulp were manufactured and tested. Two different test modes were employed to examine the friction characteristics concerning accumulated thermal history (a constant initial temperature test: test mode I) and friction heat (a constant interval test: test mode II). Friction characteristics such as friction stability and wear resistance were changed significantly according to the type of phenolic resins and to the relative amount of the resin and aramid pulp. Friction materials with the modified novolac resin showed better friction stability than those with the unmodified novolac resin. In particular, the friction materials that were reinforced with 10 vol.% of aramid pulp showed substantial improvement on friction stability regardless of the resin type. However, the friction materials with the modified resin showed significant reduction in wear resistance.     

Dry sliding friction and wear properties of metallic glass coating and martensite stainless coating

The wire arc spraying process was used to prepare FeB-based metallic glass coating and 3Cr13 coating. The effects of wear parameters, such as sliding distance, linear speed and normal loads, on the wear performances of the coatings were analyzed in detail. The results showed that, with increase in sliding distance, linear speed and normal loads, the volume losses of the metallic glass coatings increased. The relationships between wear behavior and microstructure of the coatings were discussed. The metallic glass coating had excellent wear resistance. The relatively wear resistance of the metallic glass coating was about 2.6 times that of the 3Cr13 coating under the same testing conditions. The main failure mechanism of the metallic glass coating was brittle failure and fracture.     

Tribosynthesis of lead fluoride in friction of fluroplastic lead-containing composites and its effect on wear resistance

The processes running in the friction contact zone of lead-containing fluoroplastic composites and steel counterbody are studied. The results of X-ray phase examination of the transfer films on the steel counterbody are presented for the case of friction of lead-fluoride-containing fluroplastic composites. In friction of the given composites, the secondary structure, namely lead fluoride, is shown to arise in the contact zone. It is found that the fluorite crystalline structure β-PbF₂ possesses lubricity and increases the wear resistance of PTFE-based composites.     

Effect of counterparts on the friction and wear behavior of polyelectrolyte multilayers

Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) were prepared on Si substrates by alternative deposition of poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) as polyanion and poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) as polycation. The PEM film was characterized by means of ultraviolet-visible light absorption spectrometry and atomic force microscopy. The friction and wear behavior of the polymer film sliding against brass, 440C stainless steel, Si₃N₄ and WC balls was evaluated on a microtribometer. It was found that the multilayer film was uniform and compact, and it registered a lowered friction coefficient and extended antiwear life while sliding against soft counterparts, in particular, a brass ball. This could be because the polymeric transfer film had an enhanced adhesion on the soft metallic counterpart in the presence of inter-transferred metallic debris. Contrary to the above, the PEM film had a higher friction coefficient and shorter antiwear life while sliding against Si₃N₄ and WC balls, possibly owing to a higher shearing stress in the presence of stiff and hardly deformable hard counterparts. In other words, the polymeric transfer film on the hard couterparts, if any, would be easily scaled off, leading to decreased antiwear life. Moreover, the differences in the friction and wear behavior of the PEM film sliding against different counterparts were closely related to the differences in the chemical and crystallographic structure of the counterparts (ceramics Si₃N₄ and WC, and metals brass and stainless steel).