Development of Grease Film Breakdown Observing Device

Autor: Kenji Sunahara, Shinji Yamashita, Masaharu Yamamoto, Michiaki Ikeda, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Kenji Matsuda, Motohiro Kaneta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Tribology Online, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 40-43 (2008)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1881-2198
DOI: 10.2474/trol.3.40
Popis: The paper describes a newly developed smart device, which can detect the dielectric breakdown of the grease elastohydrodynamic film formed between a steel ball loaded against a glass disc due to electric discharge, while observing the shape and thickness of the film. The electric discharge between contacting surfaces can be observed as a white flash signal. It is found that the dielectric breakdown voltage increases with the film thickness.
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