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iglidur shaft materials


Pivot wear test rig for testing the pivoting wear rate for low loads Pivot wear test rig for testing the pivoting wear rate for low loads
Wear with shaft Cf53 Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft Cf53, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm
Wear with shaft V2A Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft V2A, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm

Shaft materials

The shaft is, apart from the plain bearing itself, the most important parameter in a bearing system. It is in direct contact with the bearing, and like the bearing, it is affected by relative motion. The shaft will wear in any case. Modern bearing systems however are designed in a way that the wear of the shafts is so small that it cannot be detected with traditional methods of measurement technology. Shafts can be distinguished and classified according to their hardness and according to the surface finish.
 
Coefficient of friction
 

The hardness of the shaft also plays an important role. When the shafts are less hard, the shaft is worn smooth during the break-in phase. Abrasive points are worn off and the surface is rebuilt. For some materials, this effect has positive influences, and the wear resistance of the polymer bearing increases.
 
In the following diagrams, the most important shaft materials are listed and the iglidur materials that are best suited are compared. For easier comparison, the scaling of the wear axis is the same in all graphs.
 
The low wear results of the systems with hard-chromed shafts are especially impressive. This very hard, but also smooth shaft gives excellent results on the wear behaviour with many bearing combinations. The wear of many iglidur plain bearings is lower on this shaft than on any other shaft material tested. However, it should be pointed out that because of the low surface roughness, the danger of stick-slip on hard-chromed shafts is especially high.
Wear with shaft V2A Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft V2A, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm
Wear with hard-chromed shaft Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm
Wear with free cutting steel shaft Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with free cutting steel shaft, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm
Wear with shaft St37 Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft St37, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm
Wear with shaft hard-anodised aluminium shaft Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft hard-anodised aluminium shaft, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm
Wear with shaft X90 Y= Wear [μm/km]
 

Wear with shaft X90, p = 0.75 MPa, v = 0.50 m/s Ra = 0.20 μm


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