WEAR BEHAVIOR OF ALUMINA AND SIALON IN-LINE CONTACT LUBRICATED WITH DIAMOND SLURRY

Investigation into the wear behaviour of alumina and sialon was carrie d out in the line contact configuration lubricated with diamond slurry . The experiments were conducted using different counterface materials , contact loads and size of the diamond abrasive particles in the slur ry. The results indicate that the material removal rate depends signif icantly on the action of the diamond particles and counterface materia l. Both contact conditions facilitate easy ingress of diamond particle s into the inter;face and the ability of the counterface material to e ntrap diamond particles contributes to a high rate of material removal .