Standard Test Reciprocating Tribometer
Features:
- Touch screen PC for data logging and sequence control of load, speed, and temperature
- Servo-pneumatic load control with force transducer feedback
- Piezo transducer for friction force measurement
- Servo-motor and scotch yoke mechanism for generating sinusoidal motion
- Fixed stroke lengths set by interchangeable cams
Test may be run following the procedures specified in:
- D5706 Standard Test Method for Determining Extreme Pressure Properties of Lubricating Greases Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine
- D5707 Standard Test Method for Measuring Friction and Wear Properties of Lubricating Grease Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine
- D6425 Standard Test Method for Measuring Friction and Wear Properties of Extreme Pressure (EP) Lubricating Oils Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine D7217
- Standard Test Method for Determining Extreme Pressure Properties of Solid Bonded Films Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine D7421
- Standard Test Method for Determining Extreme Pressure Properties of Lubricating Oils Using High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine D7594
- Standard Test Method for Determining Fretting Wear Resistance of Lubricating Greases Under High Hertzian Contact Pressures Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine D8227
- Standard Test Method for Determining the Coefficient of Friction of Synchronizer Lubricated by Mechanical Transmission Fluids (MTF) Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine D8503
- Standard Test Method for Determining the Scuffing Temperature Limit of Lubricating Oils Using a High-Frequency, Linear-Oscillation Test Machine Order as: ST-RT Reciprocating Tribometer
Technical Specifications |
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| Load: | Servo-controlled Pneumatic Bellows |
| Load Measurement: | Strain gauge force transducer |
| Friction Force: | Piezo Transducer |
| Load: | 25 to 1200 N |
| Amplitude (Stroke): | 0.15 (0.30) mm, 0.5 (1.0) mm, 1.0 (2.0) mm, 1.5 (3 mm), 2.0 (4 mm) |
| Maximum Frequency: | 50 Hz |
| Temperature: | Ambient to 250°C |
| Temperature Sensor: | k-type thermocouple |
| Test Samples: | 10 mm diameter ball |
| 10 mm diameter cylinder | |
| Control & Data Acquisition: | Touch-screen PC & Interface |
| Data Export: | USB Stick |
| Automatically Controlled Parameters | Frequency |
| Load | |
| Temperature | |
| Test Duration | |
| Manually Controlled Parameters | Amplitude (Stroke) |
| Measured Parameters | Frequency |
| Load | |
| Friction | |
| Temperature | |
| Test Duration | |
| Friction Coefficient | |
| Services | |
| Electricity: | 220/240V, single phase, 50 Hz, 3 kW |
| 110/120 V, single phase, 60 Hz, 3 kW | |
| Clean, dry air: | 4 cfm at 8 bar (120 psi) |






