Solid lubricants lead to substantial weight savings relative to the use of liquid lubricant, especially in the weight-conscious aerospace industry. A new PTFE-Al alloy composite（A） containing 60% area proportion of PTFE composite was developed. Another type of common metal-plastics multilayer composite, also called DU, was selected for a comparative investigation. Friction and wear tests were carried out in an oscillating sliding tribotester in air at an oscillating frequency of 0.13 Hz and contact mean pressures from 10 to 80 MPa. The composites slid against a 38CrMoAlA steel shaft. The results show that the composite A exhibits low coefficient of dry sliding friction less than 0.1 and long wear life of 2 000 m. This is because the composite A can provide a sufficient solid lubrication during the whole tests. SEM examination of the transfer films for the composite A confirms that uniform, thin and coherent transfer films are prerequisites for low friction and good wear resistance. 相似文献
Summary: Wear behavior correlations with morphology have been established from polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) drawn at 200, 327, and 375 °C with draw ratio about 4. The friction coefficient and wear rate for PTFE drawn at 327 °C are lower and the wear rate is lower than that of undrawn PTFE by about 30%. The structures of samples were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), DSC, and wide angle X‐ray diffraction (WAXD). Results indicate that the debris morphologies of samples are different. The differences in the tribological behavior of undrawn and drawn samples were attributed to the improvement of the degree of the crystalline, fibrillation, and orderliness by drawing, especially, for PTFE drawn at 327 °C. The orderliness of molecular arrangement along the drawn direction is also higher for PTFE drawn at 327 °C than those of PTFE drawn at 200 and 375 °C, respectively. Therefore, the intensity of covalent bond along drawn direction is higher. The shear resistance and the deformability of the material are greatly improved and the size of the wear breakage unit decreases, which results in a good tribological property for PTFE drawn at 327 °C.
SEM morphology of fractured surface perpendicular to the draw direction for PTFE drawn at 327 °C. 相似文献
A study on PTFE reinforced with SiO2 was described. This study included the manufactural process of SiO2-reinforced PTFE and the effects of the content of silane (Z6124) on the properties of the composites material, such as thermal, dielectric properties, tensile strength and morphology, etc. PTFE/silica composites of 60 wt% SiO2 loaded with a different coupling agent content were mixed by a high-speed dispersion machine and prepared by a two-roll milling machine. Our results show that the sample treated with 3 wt% silane has the highest tensile strength and optimum dielectric properties. Furthermore, the tensile strength and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) increase, and the water absorption decreases, with an increasing silane content. These experiments reveal that silane treatment can reduce the overall hydrophilicity of the composites. Finally, predictions on dielectric and CTE properties are discussed. It has been found that experimental values of the dielectric constant agree well with those predicted by the rule of mixture. 相似文献
