Use of optical profilometry in the ASTM D4172 standard

Authors: Pérez, A.T., Battez, A.H., García-Atance, G., Viesca, J.L., González, R. and Hadfield, M.

Journal: Wear

Volume: 271

Issue: 11-12

Pages: 2963-2967

ISSN: 0043-1648

DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2011.06.016

Abstract:

Among the wear quantification techniques applied to point contacts, the most typical one consists of measuring the longitudinal and transversal wear scar diameters of the worn surface. However, this method does not provide information about the distribution of the wear along the worn surfaces. As a result, the wear prediction using wear scar diameters could be misrepresentative because of the irregular shape of the worn surfaces. This drawback should be considered especially when the scope of the test method is the determination of the relative wear preventive properties of lubricants in sliding contacts. This paper compares two hydraulic lubricants from different manufacturers using a four-ball tribometer under the ASTM D4172 standard. Wear was measured by the wear scar diameter and wear volume with an optical 3D profilometer. Experimental results reveal that the wear volume measurement is a more sensitive method than the wear scar diameter one. Even more, the use of the wear scar diameter could lead to contradictions when performing a comparison of very similar results. For this reason, this paper suggests the use of the wear volume measurement in the standard. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.

Source: Scopus

Preferred by: Mark Hadfield, Ruben Gonzalez Rodriguez and Jose Viesca Rodriguez