LABORATORIO DE RECUBRIMIENTOS DUROS Y APLICACIONES INDUSTRIALES - RDAI

Tribometers determine the magnitude of friction and wear as two surfaces rub together. In one measurement method a flat or a spherical probe is placed on the test sample and loaded with a precisely known weight. The sample is either rotating or recipricating in a linear track. The resulting frictional forces acting between the probe and the sample are measured. Additionally, the wear for both the sample and probe is calculated from the volume of the material lost during the term of the test.

This simple method facilitates the determination and study of friction and wears behavior of almost every solid material combination, with varying time, contact pressure, velocity, temperature, humidity, lubricants, etc.