Investigation of Grease Lubrication Effects on the Fretting Wear Behavior of Ball Bearings

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effects of grease lubrication on fretting wear of ball bearings, a series of fretting wear tests were performed under the dry condition and grease lubrication by a self-made fretting wear rig. And tests were completed at different angles, load and number of cycles. The results showed that the grease lubrication can effectively reduce fretting wear; reduction effects increase as the oscillation amplitude increases and load decreases; oxidation in fretting wear decreases as number of cycles increases under grease lubrication; and wear mechanism is diffrent at under different lubrication conditions.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 291-294)
• Pages: 1491-1495
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.291-294.1491
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Si Ming Wang, Hong Li Gao, Ming Heng Xu
• Keywords: Ball Bearing, Fretting Wear, Grease Lubrication

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