<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The continuous technological development requires the use of modern materials also in agricultural engineering. Knowledge of the characteristics of tribological materials pairs cooperating with each other is useful for developing sliding nodes of agricultural machinery. Tribological properties of materials should be assessed for selection of technological materials beyond the economic criterion. The article presents analysis of the characteristics of tribological ball-on-disc wear of polymeric materials used as sliding elements for farm machines. Tribological tests were carried out under dry friction for a polymer-metal pair, and a wear rate and friction coefficient of the sample; the signs of wear were submitted to SEM observations.</p></abstract>

The continuous technological development requires the use of modern materials also in agricultural engineering. Knowledge of the characteristics of tribological materials pairs cooperating with each other is useful for developing sliding nodes of agricultural machinery. Tribological properties of materials should be assessed for selection of technological materials beyond the economic criterion. The article presents analysis of the characteristics of tribological ball-on-disc wear of polymeric materials used as sliding elements for farm machines. Tribological tests were carried out under dry friction for a polymer-metal pair, and a wear rate and friction coefficient of the sample; the signs of wear were submitted to SEM observations.

Evaluation of Tribological Properties of Polymer Materials Used for Sliding Bearings in Agricultural Machinery

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology,

Department of Transportation and Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin,

Agricultural Engineering

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The continuous technological development requires the use of modern materials also in agricultural engineering. Knowledge of the characteristics of...

Evaluation of Tribological Properties of Polymer Materials Used for Sliding Bearings in Agricultural Machinery

Publié en ligne: 06 avr. 2017

Pages: 95 - 103

Reçu: 01 août 2016

Accepté: 01 oct. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2017-0010

Mots clés
friction coefficient, sliding bearings, ball-on-disc test, wear, tribology

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Evaluation of Tribological Properties of Polymer Materials Used for Sliding Bearings in Agricultural Machinery

Publié en ligne: 06 avr. 2017

Pages: 95 - 103

Reçu: 01 août 2016

Accepté: 01 oct. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2017-0010

Mots clésfriction coefficient, sliding bearings, ball-on-disc test, wear, tribology

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
friction coefficient, sliding bearings, ball-on-disc test, wear, tribology