1 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT MEASURING WEAR RESISTANCE ON THIN
LAYERS.........................................................................................................................4
1.1 O
VERVIEW
...........................................................................................................................4
1.2 C
LIMATIC
INFLUENCES
ON
TRIBOLOGICAL
PROCESSES
...............................................................5
1.3 A
BRASIVE
SLURRY
................................................................................................................5
1.4 P
LACE
OF
INSTALLATION
.......................................................................................................6
1.5 H
ANDLING
THE
ABRASIVE
SLURRY
..........................................................................................6
2 TEST PREPARATIONS.............................................................................................7
2.1 S
ELECTION
OF
THE
TEST
PARAMETER
(
GRINDING
PATH
/
NUMBER
OF
REVOLUTIONS
).....................7
2.2 G
RINDING
SPEED
/
BALL
OR
SHAFT
REVOLUTIONS
PER
MINUTE
...................................................8
2.3 B
EARING
STRENGTH
..............................................................................................................8
2.4 C
LEANING
THE
SHAFT
...........................................................................................................9
2.5 S
PECIMEN
...........................................................................................................................9
2.6 B
ALL
..................................................................................................................................9
2.7 A
UTOMATIC
DOSAGE
APPARATUS
...........................................................................................9
2.8 F
ILLING
THE
CARTIGE
WITH
ABRASIVE
SLURRY
........................................................................10
2.9 D
OSING
PARAMETERS
.........................................................................................................10
2.10 M
ANUAL
DOSAGE
WITH
A
PIPETTE
......................................................................................10
3 TEST EXECUTION...................................................................................................11
3.1 A
DJUSTING
THE
SPECIMEN
..................................................................................................11
3.2 A
PPLICATION
OF
THE
ABRASIVE
SLURRY
(
ONLY
MANUAL
APPLICATION
)......................................11
3.3 F
URTHER
TESTS
..................................................................................................................12
3.4 A
BORTING
A
TEST
..............................................................................................................12
4 ANALYSIS OF THE WEAR CRATERS....................................................................12
4.1 A
NALYSIS
BY
SURFACE
PROFILER
..........................................................................................13
4.2 C
ALCULATION
OF
THE
WEAR
COEFFICIENT
..............................................................................13
4.3 A
NALYSIS
BY
MICROSCOPE
..................................................................................................14
4.4 C
ALCULATION
OF
THE
WEAR
COEFFICIENT
.............................................................................14
5 HANDLING...............................................................................................................15
5.1 G
ENERAL
OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
....................................................................................15
5.1.1 K
EY
FUNCTIONS
....................................................................................................................... 15
