AGMA Foundation Announces Release of Report on Tribology Test
Program
The AGMA Helical Gear Rating Committee recognized the need to
evaluate changes in gear life due to differences in lubricant viscosity,
base stock and additive types.
With the support of in-kind contributions of material and
manufacturing and the financial backing of donations to the AGMA
Foundation, the Tribology Test Program was developed to investigate
a way to increase the accuracy of gear capacity calculation standards
such as AGMA 2001 and ISO 6336 by providing a better way to evaluate the
performance of lubricants which are configured to resist pitting and
micropitting in industrial carburized gear applications.
The final report of the first phase of this program, compiled by
William Bradley, former Vice President of AGMA’s Technical
Division, is provided here.
The report discusses
the scope and objectives of the program; results of prototype testing
conducted to validate the design of the gears being used and the planned
test procedures; benchmark testing conducted by the various testing
sites to ensure cohesive results; additional investigations which were
made during the program to analyze the test data being generated; and,
recommendations for future testing.
Much was learned from the test results obtained during this ground
breaking project. It is an example of the exciting work that is ongoing
in our technical committees, and made possible by donations to AGMA
Foundation. You are encouraged to get involved with AGMA technical
committees to stay up-to-date with what is going on in the gearing
industry.
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