宇宙機械用トライボコーティング潤滑の基礎研究

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Lubrication in space machines is very important and is being developed world wide. However, to date, lubrication methods developed have not met with the requirement of the space industry. Many troubles of space machines have been caused by tribological problems in the past. In this study, therefore, we propose a new lubrication method called Tribo-Coating for space machines to answer requirments, and we prove its effectiveness from a view point of tribological properties such as low friction coefficient and long life. Optimum combinations of mating materials and lubricant for this method are selected using a pin-on-disk test machine with the tribo-coating system, and the effects of lubricant thickness and surface roughness on friction properties are investigated under optimum conditions. As a result, a minimum friction coefficient of 0.02 and a life-span of 350 000 cycles are obtained by tribo-coating film of 70 nm thickness in one application. Furthermore, using the tribo-coating method, the possibility of unlimited life method of low and stable friction coefficient are suggested. Finally, we propose an empirical formula for the design of tribo-coating of recommendable friction pair.
一般社団法人日本機械学会の論文
1996-08-25