Effect of Texturing on Tribological Characteristics under Sliding Contact

Abstract

This paper describes an experimental study on the effect of surface grooving on tribological characteristics under lubricated sliding contact. START-STOP repetition test and scuffing test were carried out by using slider-disc test machine. An experiment is done with the slider specimen grooved parallel groove in the slide direction. Grooving width and depth were uniformly fixed, and the pitch of grooving was varied. The results reveal that a fine pitch of grooving can lead the surface to run-in quickly and to resist scuffing.