Gear scuffing: power dissipation and mass temperature

  1. Castro, J.
  2. Seabra, J.
Libro:
Proceedings of the VIII Iberian Conference on Tribology: Conference proceedings
  1. Jiménez Ballesta, Ana Eva
  2. Espinosa Rodríguez, Tulia
  3. Saurín Serrano, Noelia
  4. Arias Pardilla, Joaquín
  5. Bermúdez Olivares, María Dolores

Editorial: Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

ISBN: 978-84-606-8904-1

Año de publicación: 2015

Páginas: 127-134

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

Resumen

Experimental gear scuffing results were obtained in the FZG test rig for wide ranges of the applied torque, tangential speed, base oil viscosity and bath oil temperature, and for FZG type A and type C gears. A scuffing criterion for gears lubricated with base mineral oils was developed, proposing the existence of gear mass temperatures which are critical for each lubricant (viscosity grade). The scuffing criterion shows very good correlation with experimental results. The dynamic viscosity of the oils at those critical mass temperatures is constant that permits the determination of other critical temperatures for other gear mineral oils without need additional scuffing tests