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Design of a Tribometer for Piston Rings

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Advances in Mechanism Design II

Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science ((Mechan. Machine Science,volume 44))

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Reducing the energy loss associated with offsetting friction losses occurring on the contact surfaces of mutually moving parts is an important factor when correctly designing structures. A typical case of reciprocating sliding motion with significant friction losses on the overall mechanical losses of a machine is a piston group of internal combustion engines or compressors. One way to reduce friction is to use modern coatings on the surface of the friction pairs. Special testing equipment i.e. a tribometer is used to obtain information on the benefits of these coating layers. This paper deals with the design and verification of the functions of a special tribometer for identifying the losses of piston rings.

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Acknowledgments

The results of this project LO1201 were obtained through the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in the framework of the targeted support of the “National Programme for Sustainability I” and the OPR&DI project Centre for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation CZ.1.05/2.1.00/01.0005.

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  1. Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic

    R. Voženílek, S. Beroun & J. Břoušek

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Correspondence to R. Voženílek .

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  1. Textile Machine Design Department, Technical University of Liberec Textile Machine Design Department, Liberec, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Beran

  2. Textile Machine Design Department, Technical University of Liberec Textile Machine Design Department, Liberec, Czech Republic

    Martin Bílek

  3. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czech Republic

    Petr Žabka

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Voženílek, R., Beroun, S., Břoušek, J. (2017). Design of a Tribometer for Piston Rings. In: Beran, J., Bílek, M., Žabka, P. (eds) Advances in Mechanism Design II. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 44. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44087-3_41

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