National Physical Laboratory

Sliding Wear

  • Reciprocating sliding wear and friction test system
  • High speed (50 Hz) reciprocating wear and friction test system (Plint TE77)
  • Low speed (>10-3 mS-1) pin/ball-on-disc wear and friction test system
  • High speed (<5 mS-1) pin/ball-on-disc wear and friction test system
  • High load (1 kN) pin/ball-on-disc wear and friction test system
  • Pin-on-disc test system for simulation of metalworking under hot workpiece/cold die conditions
  • High temperature (<1500 °C) reciprocating or scratch testing system (air atmospheres)
  • High temperature (<1500 °C) environmentally controlled (vacuum, or any specified gas) tri-pin/ball on ring or thrust washer test system
  • Micro-tribology test system for in-situ use in SEM; loads from 1 mN to 100 mN
Last Updated: 25 Mar 2010
Created: 26 Jul 2007