ESTUDO DA EVOLUÇÃO DO DESGASTE EM ROLAMENTOS COM USO DE CONDICIONADOR METÁLICO

Abstract

Metal conditioners are used in industries and by drivers of automobiles and motorcycles as a lubricant lubricant. Its application tends to improve some aspects like reduction of friction, increase of the reliability, reduction of the costs of the maintenances, among numerous other improvements. Lubrication accompanies technological evolution, companies in the industry invest millions in research to increase the performance of their lubricating oils. This field has been gaining more and more space in the academic scene. Such an approach is justified by the fact that metal conditioners are used in industries as a potentiator of lubricants. Lubrication is compulsory for almost all mechanical systems and has been improved over the decades, there are currently several additives to be added next to the base oil for lubrication, additives that alter the properties of the oil, which is not the case for metal conditioners whose purpose is to improve the performance of the metal components acting together with the lubricating oil without altering any property of the oil. Using oil only as a vehicle. The objective of this study is to evaluate the evolution of bearing wear when applied metallic conditioner next to the lubricating oil, such evaluation will be made by wear tests. Three rolling elements will be subjected to the same tests under identical working conditions. In test 1, SAE 10w30 lubricating oil will be applied as a lubricating medium. In the second test, the same lubricating oil will be applied with the addition of the alpha-x metallic conditioner. same oil from previous tests with Militec-1 metallic conditioner. At the end of the tests will be demonstrated parallel between the final wear of the rolling elements with and without the metallic conditioner.