E06: Wear Test In Pin-On Disc Machine

Sankhadeep Bhattacharyya
17ME30037
1 August 2019

1 Aim
To determine wear on brass, aluminum and high density polymer.

2 Equipment
Pin-on Disc Machine (Model TR-20), Digital balance, brass, aluminum and high density
polymer specimens.

3 Theory
Friction and wear characterization of materials is typically performed using various types of
tribometers, while pin on disk test being probably one of the most common. The popularity
of the method is due to its relative simplicity and abundance of the tribological contacts
that can be well described by the a simple pin on disk motion. The test typically allows
to test several motion modes, such as unidirectional, fretting modes and recently any other
complex motion patterns.
One material is taken in the form of a pin and other in the form of a disc. The disc rotates
and the pin is loaded against the disc. A load sensor measures the frictional force and a
displacement sensor measures the penetration (wear). Wear is also measured by the loss
of weight of the material. Friction and wear are plotted against load to characterize the
material properties. Refer Figure(1)

4 Procedure
1. Measure the weight of a new pin

2. Attach the pin in pin holder

3. Adjust the radius of the pin on disc

4. Tear readings on the machine before start

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 Figure 1: Diagram of the experiment setup

5. Apply rotation to the disc that the pin slides a fixed pre-decided distance

6. Weigh the scraped pin.

7. Repeat the above experiment for different pins

5 Observations
Sliding Distance : 150m
Pin Position : 15.22mm
Surface Contact Speed : 500mm/s

SL No. Materials RPM Frictional Force(N) Wear(gm)

1 Brass 300 0.62 0.00429
2 Aluminum 300 0.56 0.0009
3 High Density Polymer 300 0.83 0.0005

6 Results
Refer to figures 2 and 3 for comparisons of different aspects between the materials.

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Figure 2: Comparison on the frictional force of different pin materials

Figure 3: Comparison of the wear on different materials

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7 Conclusions
From the above table, the following conclusions can be made:

1. Aluminum gives the least friction and gives a low wear.

2. High density polymer gives the least wear but experiences the largest frictional force.

3. Brass wears the most and has a moderate friction.

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