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Wear Behavior of Polyaryletherketones Under Multi-directional Sliding and Fretting Conditions

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The polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family of thermoplastics is increasingly used in engineering applications that require outstanding tribological properties. Considerable attention has thus been paid to their wear behavior in a number of environments. However, little focus has been given to PAEK response to fretting conditions. Fretting wear results from the repeated slip of mutually loaded contacts. In this study, a custom built multi-axis tribometer has been shown to replicate fretting of PAEK in a pin-on-flat configuration. The experimentation and analysis has provided new insights into this phenomenon.

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The authors would like to thank the members of the consortium for Advancing Performance Polymers for Energy AppLications (APPEAL) at Texas A&M University for providing the financial support and PEEK materials used in this study.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

    K. A. Laux, H. J. Sue & A. Montoya

  2. Hoerbiger Corporation of America, Inc., Houston, TX, USA

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Laux, K.A., Sue, H.J., Montoya, A. et al. Wear Behavior of Polyaryletherketones Under Multi-directional Sliding and Fretting Conditions. Tribol Lett 58, 41 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-015-0517-2

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