TE 33 HIGH TEMPERATURE RECIPROCATING TRIBOMETER




  • Description

    The TE 33 Engine Tribometer is a two-station, vertical axis, long stroke reciprocating tribometer, which combines the reciprocating drive mechanism from the TE 77 High Frequency Friction Machine with the specimen tooling of the DN 55 High Temperature Dry Sliding & Fretting Test Machine.
    The test assembly is located vertically above the reciprocating drive assembly and comprises two fixed specimen arms supported on flexural pivot bearings, which are in turn mounted on linear flexure assemblies. Motion in a vertical direction is restrained by piezo force transducers.

    As each arm reacts against its own independent transducer, the friction between the each moving specimen and each fixed specimen is monitored independently. This allows two different material pairs to be tested simultaneously under identical conditions of load and temperature.

    Load is applied to either side of the moving specimens by squeezing the two fixed specimen arms together by means of a servo controlled pneumatic bellows assembly, with force transducer feedback. This arrangement ensures that there is no bending moment acting on the moving specimen carrier.

    Tooling is provided for point, line and area contact configurations. An electrically heated furnace allows tests to be run at temperatures up to 1000°C.

    Control and Data Acquisition

    Control and data acquisition are implemented via host PC running COMPEND 2020 Windows compatible software, in conjunction with a Phoenix Tribology USB micro-controller interface.
    Automatic control is implemented via user programmable test sequences. Manual control is implemented using on screen toggles. Data is stored to hard disc in either .csv or .tsv file formats.

  • Technical Specifications

    Contact Configurations: Point Contact
    Line Contact
    Area Contact
    Optional Configurations: Piston-Ring (complete) on Cylinder Liner
    Valve Stem on Valve Guide
    Load Range: 5 to 1000 N
    Loading Rate: 50 N/s
    Temperature Range:
    Electric Furnace: 1000°C
    Temperature Sensor: k-type thermocouple
    Frequency Range: 2 to 50 Hz
    Stroke Range: See following tables
    Friction Transducer: Piezo-Electric Type
    Force Range: – 500 to 500 N
    Interface: Serial Link Interface Module
    Software: COMPEND 2000 
    Motor: 1.1 kW a.c. vector motor with 2048 ppr encoder
    Stroke Range
    Continuously Variable Cam – 0 to 12.5 mm
    Angle – degrees: Minimum – mm Maximum – mm
    0 0 2
    18 1.04 3.04
    36 2.65 4.65
    54 4.25 6.25
    72 5.75 7.75
    90 7.09 9.09
    108 8.24 10.24
    126 9.17 11.17
    144 9.85 11.85
    162 10.26 12.26
    180 10.4 12.4
    Step Variable 0 to 12.5 mm:
    Angle – degrees: Nominal Stroke – mm
    0 0
    18 1.94
    36 3.83
    54 5.63
    72 7.29
    90 8.77
    108 10.03
    126 11.05
    144 11.79
    162 12.25
    180 12.5
    Step Variable 12.5 to 25 mm:
    0 12.5
    18 13.05
    36 14.26
    54 15.97
    72 17.89
    90 19.8
    108 21.54
    126 23
    144 24.09
    162 24.77
    180 25
    Controlled Parameters Frequency
    Load
    Temperature
    Test Duration
    Measured Parameters Load
    Friction
    Temperature
    Frequency
    Friction Coefficient
    Services
    Electricity: 220/240 V, single phase, 50/60 Hz, neutral & earth, 4.5 kW
    Clean, dry air: 4 cfm at 8 bar (120 psi)

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