RESEARCH ON FRICTION WEAR OF HIP JOINT ENDOPROSTHESES OF POLYETHYLENE-METAL MATERIAL COMBINATION ON HIP JOINT SIMULATOR
Journal Title: Tribologia - Year 2018, Vol 281, Issue 5
Abstract
The article presents the results of friction wear tests of hip joint endoprostheses. The study comprised tests of endoprostheses, commercially available on the European market, used in total hip arthroplasty. The friction pair was formed by an actual cupacetabular cup made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (PE-UHMW) along with a head having a diameter of 28 mm made of stainless steel FeCrNiMnMoNbN. The friction and wear tests were performed using an SBT 01.2 hip joint simulator of the authors’ own design, which was constructed taking into account the ISO 14242-1 standard. Bovine serum was used as the lubricant. The tests of each friction pair were made up to 5·106cycles of motion. During the tests, simulator operation was interrupted every 5·105 cycles to replace the lubricating liquid, and mass control was performed every 1·106 cycles. Prior to testing, the polyethylene cup was soaked in the lubricant to minimize liquid absorption during the test. Proper preparation of the cup and testing by taking into account a control group weight measurement allowed an accurate determination of the mass loss of the polyethylene cup.<br/><br/>
Authors and Affiliations
Tomasz WIŚNIEWSKI, Agnieszka WIELOWIEJSKA-GIERTUGA, Rafał RUBACH, Łukasz ŁAPAJ, Janusz MAGDA
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