DEVELOPMENT OF RUBBER WHEEL ABRASION TESTING MACHINE FOR ESTIMATION OF THREE BODY ABRASIVE WEAR OF AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS

Abstract

The automobile components are manufactured from metals to non-metals, ferrous to non-ferrous metals, elastomers to polymer composite materials and bare to coated surfaces. The wear of automobile components is an unavoidable phenomenon through various wear modes, viz. adhesive, abrasive, fretting, corrosive, erosive wear etc. The abrasive wear mode is responsible for about fifty percent of total wear, which takes place in various components. Kh4-B test machine, Tri-pin-on-disc rig, Pin on abrasive disc, Pin on abrasive plate or drum, Rubber wheel abrasion test methods are being used to estimate the abrasive wear. In this project work, as per schedule ASTM G65-04-2010, a rubber wheel abrasion testing machine for estimation of three body abrasive wear of automobile components is developed.