The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection

Fretting wear is a phenomenon occurring in many engineering objects, including push fit connections. In view of a large number of factors conducive to wear development, it is difficult to describe the mechanism of wear initiation and development. Therefore, various methods are sought to limit wear d...

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Main Authors: Dalibor Barta, Sławomir Kowalski, Ján Dižo, Aleš Dittrich
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/12/9/327
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Sławomir Kowalski
Ján Dižo
Aleš Dittrich
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description Fretting wear is a phenomenon occurring in many engineering objects, including push fit connections. In view of a large number of factors conducive to wear development, it is difficult to describe the mechanism of wear initiation and development. Therefore, various methods are sought to limit wear development. The use of a lubricant may be one of those ways. The aim of this article is to present the results of testing the influence of a lubricant medium on the development of fretting wear in interference fit connections. As a lubricant medium, MoS<sub>2</sub> and Whitmore greases were used. For that purpose, wear tests were first conducted on the shaft/sleeve tribological kinematic pair, and then observations and laboratory measurements were performed. The observations demonstrated the presence of fretting wear traces on all tested samples, irrespective of the tribological kinematic pair being tested. The main kind of damage consisted of material build-ups which, during operation, become oxidised and, while moving along the connection, caused local abrasion and micropits. The best results in restricting the development of fretting wear were achieved with Whitmore grease.
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spelling doaj-art-b6dea5610064416dae5bc82b0704df4f2025-08-20T01:55:38ZengMDPI AGLubricants2075-44422024-09-0112932710.3390/lubricants12090327The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit ConnectionDalibor Barta0Sławomir Kowalski1Ján Dižo2Aleš Dittrich3Department of Transport and Handling Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, SlovakiaFaculty of Engineering Sciences, State University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sącz, 1a Zamenhofa Street, 33-300 Nowy Sącz, PolandDepartment of Transport and Handling Machines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zilina, Univerzitná 1, 010 26 Žilina, SlovakiaDepartment of Vehicles and Engines, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 1402, 46117 Liberec, Czech RepublicFretting wear is a phenomenon occurring in many engineering objects, including push fit connections. In view of a large number of factors conducive to wear development, it is difficult to describe the mechanism of wear initiation and development. Therefore, various methods are sought to limit wear development. The use of a lubricant may be one of those ways. The aim of this article is to present the results of testing the influence of a lubricant medium on the development of fretting wear in interference fit connections. As a lubricant medium, MoS<sub>2</sub> and Whitmore greases were used. For that purpose, wear tests were first conducted on the shaft/sleeve tribological kinematic pair, and then observations and laboratory measurements were performed. The observations demonstrated the presence of fretting wear traces on all tested samples, irrespective of the tribological kinematic pair being tested. The main kind of damage consisted of material build-ups which, during operation, become oxidised and, while moving along the connection, caused local abrasion and micropits. The best results in restricting the development of fretting wear were achieved with Whitmore grease.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/12/9/327fretting wearlubricant mediuminterference fit connectionwheel set
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The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection
Lubricants
fretting wear
lubricant medium
interference fit connection
wheel set
title The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection
title_full The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection
title_fullStr The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection
title_short The Influence of a Lubricant Medium on the Development of Fretting Wear in an Interference Fit Connection
title_sort influence of a lubricant medium on the development of fretting wear in an interference fit connection
topic fretting wear
lubricant medium
interference fit connection
wheel set
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/12/9/327
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