Machine component wear is one of the costliest problems within industry. In fact, a 1997 survey in the UK placed wear costs at 25% of turnover, or approximately $1 billion. In many cases, making design and or material changes can reduce this cost by 50% or more!
This handbook reviews component wear, and guides the reader through solutions to wear problems, testing methods for materials and wear mechanisms, and information on wear performance of different materials for components. The bottom line is that is helps to reduce “the bottom line” removing risks associated with changes to machinery.
This book is based on practical use. It outlines the following practices: reviews of wear mechanisms that occur in various types of machinery and solutions to industrial wear problems; guides to relative wear performance of different component materials; comparison of the wear performance of those materials; reviews of laboratory tests to simulate wear, and selection of appropriate tests; identification of improved materials, and; examination of worn surfaces.
• Brilliantly illustrated with tables, photos of typical wear patterns, and line diagrams of test apparatus
• Includes 8 page color section
• Contents based on four-year study drawing on international experience of industrial wear problems and in-depth testing at research laboratories
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Industrial Wear Problems
Chapter 3 : Wear Tests to Simulate Practical Conditions
Chapter 4 : A Guide to Wear Test Selection
Chapter 5 : A Guide to the Examination of the Worn Surfaces
Chapter 6 : A Summary of the Approach to Wear Testing
Appendix A : Description of Recommended Tests and their Operating Conditions
Appendix B : Recommended Detailed Test Procedures for Various Tests
Appendix C : Guide to Notation
Appendix D : Bibliography for Further Reading
Index
