Journal article
Experimental study on the sliding friction and wear characteristics of roller burnished polymers
International polymer processing, v 23(3), pp 292-300
01 Jul 2008
Abstract
The increasing utilization of polymers in sliding members has triggered much research on the enhancement of surface quality and tribological performance. In this regard, no work has considered the application of roller burnishing as a new surface treatment method for polymeric surfaces. The present work aims to investigate the influence of burnishing feed and roller contact width on the sliding friction and wear performance of acetal homopolymer and polyurethane. Dry and lubricated sliding conditions for both parallel and crossed burnished orientations were considered. The results revealed that low burnishing feed rate and smaller roller contact width led to a decrease in coefficient of friction for both polymers while improvement in the wear resistance was observed. Hence, it can be suggested that the roller burnishing process has high potential as a valuable polymer surface treatment technique.
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- Title
- Experimental study on the sliding friction and wear characteristics of roller burnished polymers
- Creators
- L. K. Ong - Multimedia UniversityN. S. M. El-Tayeb - Multimedia UniversityP. V. Brevern - Multimedia UniversityKevin Li-Teck Ong - School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems (1997-)
- Publication Details
- International polymer processing, v 23(3), pp 292-300
- Publisher
- Carl Hanser Verlag
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000257609600007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-48949120037
- Other Identifier
- 991019170853204721
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- Engineering, Chemical
- Polymer Science