Performance of polymer gears reinforced with sisal woven rovings
Journal Title: Carbon - Science and Technology - Year 2014, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
Polymer gears find a common place in many industries and applications. In general, carbon fibre and glass fibres are used as reinforcement in polymer gears. This current research focuses on developing and testing the temperature and wear performance of Polyester spur gears reinforced with Sisal Woven Rovings (SWRP). Volume fractions (Vf) such as 5 % (SWRP/A), 10 % (SWRP/B), 15 % (SWRP/C) and 20 % (SWRP/D) of gear specimens were prepared and tested for temperature and wear effects. Gears were tested up to 1.4 x 106 cycles. Gear tooth damages are recorded through optical photographs. The result reveals that the temperature and wear performance of SWRP/A and SWRP/B gears were low compared to SWRP/D gears.A small amount of wear damages were observed in SWRP/C gears. No damages were occurred in SWRP/D gears upto 1.4 x 106 cycles and also it was observed that the temperature and wear rate were found to be 15 % and 36 % lesser in SWRP/D gears when compared to SWRP/A gears.
Authors and Affiliations
A. Faizur Rahman, R. Santhosh, A. P. Senthil Kumar, B. Giriraj, A. P. Arun
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