Performance characterization of an innovative dual-load controlled tribometer
Pierre Leroux, Duanjie Li, Davide Morrone · Procedia Structural Integrity · 2018
The mainly limitations and problems in test carried out with conventional dead load tribometers are the limits on the loading to a constant load applied by a mass weight and intense uncontrolled vibrations at high loads or high speeds. Nanovea has developed a groundbreaking high load tribometer with an active applied load up to 2000 N and a dual-load control system. In this paper we describe our system and we present the results of the first test carried out and a comparison with the dead load systems giving a clear idea of the improvements granted by the use of a controlled pneumatic load also over the traditional load-controlled techniques.