INTRODUCTION:

Tribotest apparatus functionalized with surface morphology and nano-displacement tests was consists of lever/cantilever loading part, high precise rotational movement driving part, stress signal collection board, micro-displacement sensor, and the contact surface morphology test part. The apparatus can perform the heavy/light loading friction and wear tests, frictional micro-oscillation tests, stick-slip tests at the sliding contact interface, worn surface morphology measurement. With the apparatus, the friction and wear properties at the contact interface can be characterized with multi-angle, and the friction coefficient, frictional micro-displacement, wear life and worn surface morphology are obtained, which are meaningful parameters to evaluated the tribological properties of carbon film. The whole apparatus costs 64,800 US dollars.

SPECIFICATION:

Lever/cantilever loading system

Loading lever, tangential strain gauge with heavy load (1~30 N)

Loading cantilever, tangential strain gauge with light load (100~1000 mN)

High precise rotational driving system

ORENTAL MOTOR - ASM46AA Motor

Strain signal collection board

KYOWA - PCD300A Strain signal collection board

Micro-oscillation displacement sensor

Contact-inductance micro-displacement sensor

Contact surface profilometer

Mitutoyo - SJ201P surface profilometer

Main application

Friction and wear tribotest under heavy and light loads

Frictional micro-oscillation test

Stick-slip tests at the sliding contact interface

Worn surface morphology measurement