This paper was undertaken to analyze the morphology of wear debris generating from moving lubricated machine surfaces by image processing. The lubticating wear test was carried out under different experimental conditions using the wear test device was...
This paper was undertaken to analyze the morphology of wear debris generating from moving lubricated machine surfaces by image processing. The lubticating wear test was carried out under different experimental conditions using the wear test device was made in our laboritory and wear testing specimen of the pin on disk type wear rubbed in paraffine series base oil, by varying applied load, sliding distance. The four parameters(50% volumetric diameter, aspect, roundness and reflectivity) to describe the morphology have been developed and are outlined in the paper. A system using such techniques promises to obveate the need for subjective, human interpretation of particle morphology in machine condition monitoring, thus overcoming many of the difficulties with current methods and faciltating wider use of wear particle analysis in maching condition monitoring.