TE 57 PRESSURIZED LUBRICITY TESTER

 




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    Description

    The TE 57 Pressurized Lubricity Tester is a development based the standard TE 77 High Frequency Friction Machine. It incorporates a pressurized test enclosure with moving parts sealed by stainless steel bellows.



    Load is applied manually by means of a linkage mechanism acting through transverse bellows. The complete test assembly may be removed from the test machine for cleaning purposes. The unit incorporates a standard SUPERSLIM interface and COMPEND 2000 sequence programmable control and data acquisition software.

     

  • Technical Specifications

    Contact Geometry: Ball on Plate
    Cylinder on Plate
    Ball Specimen: 6 mm and 10 mm diameter
    Load: 10 to 100 N
    Stroke: Mechanically set 1 to 5 mm
    Frequency: 2.5 Hz to 50 Hz
    Chamber Pressure: 4 bar maximum
    Temperature: ambient to 150°C
    Computer Controlled Parameters Frequency
    Temperature
    Test Duration
    Manually Controlled Parameters Load
    Stroke Length
    Enclosure Pressure
    Measured Parameters
    Friction
    Temperature
    Contact Potential
    Frequency
    Enclosure Pressure
    Services
    Electricity: 220/240 V, single phase, 50 Hz, 1.2 kW
    110/120 V, single phase, 60 Hz, 1.2 kW
    Installation
    Bench-mounting machine: 720 mm x 440 mm x 570 mm high, 80 kg
    Bench-mounting cabinet: 530 mm x 420 mm x 300 mm high, 30 kg
    Packing Specification: 1.73 m3, GW 338 kg, NW 240 kg

  • Applications

    diesel fuel lubricity
    fuel lubricity
    refrigerant lubricants

  • Publications

     

    Paper # 365  In-use Tribological Analysis of Hydrocarbon Refrigerants applied to the Hermetic Compressor.
    Garland N and Hadfield M,
    Proceedings of the second International Conference on Tribology in Environmental Design, Bournemouth, Professional Engineering Publishing, ISBN 1-86058-415-2, pp. 193-203.
    Paper # 744  Alternative Lining Material Testing for Lifeboat Slipways
    B Thomas, M Hadfield
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. (Submitted 2010)
    Paper # 817  Experimental Sliding Performance of Composite Tip Seal with High-Carbon Steel Plate under Lubricated Conditions Applied to Scroll Expander Systems
    I Tzanakis, M Hadfield, I Henshaw
    Tribology Transactions Volume 54, Issue 4, 2011
    Paper # 1001  Environmental implications of hydrocarbon refrigerants applied to the hermetic compressors
    NP Garland, M Hadfield
    Materials and Design 26 (2005) 578–586
    Paper # 1065  The depletion of ZDDP additives within marine lubricants and associated cylinder liner wear in RNLI lifeboat engines
    M Anand, M Hadfield, B Thomas, R Cantrill
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, First Published 19 Aug 2016
    Paper # 1164 Experimental analysis and modelling for reciprocating wear behaviour of nanocomposite coatings
    MH Nazir, ZA Khan, A Saeed, V Bakolas, W Braun
    Wear Volumes 416-417, 15 December 2018, Pages 89-102
    Paper # 1316  Friction and wear performance analysis of hydrofluoroether-7000 refrigerant
    MU Bhutta, ZA Khan
    Tribology International, 2019 – Elsevier
    Paper # 1317  Wear Performance Analysis of Ni–Al2O3 Nanocomposite Coatings under Nonconventional Lubrication
    M Bhutta, Z Khan, N Garland
    Materials, 2019 – mdpi.com
    Paper #1351  Wear and friction performance evaluation of nickel based nanocomposite coatings under refrigerant lubrication
    MU Bhutta, ZA Khan
    Tribology International – 2020 – Elsevier

     

  • User List

    Launched 2002

    Bournemouth University UK

  • Download the Machine Leaflet