Introduction of ASTM G 65

With this perception of necessities required in the industry, have been developed methods able to perform reproducible tests in any place. Due to this, organizations like ASTM, DIN, ISO, among others, have standardized these techniques, achieving with this, the general knowledge of the conditions of operation of the machines, of their dimensions and of all the operation parameters during the realization of the rehearsals.


ASTM G 65 standard for abrasive wear test is widely used by industry to assist in selecting materials for abrasive wear service. This test involves loading a specimen against a rotating rubber-rimmed wheel while a flow of abrasive sand is directed at the contact zone. Choices of loads and sliding distances are detailed in the test method.


In Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the Central University "Marta Abreu de la Villas" of Cuba isn’t had a tribologic laboratory that allows to make waste rehearsals in tribosystem. To will make this laboratory is necessary the design and production of the machines that will conform it. Then is performed the design and fabrication of a machine type "dry sand - rubber disk" for test in abrasive wearing according to the ASTM G 65 Standard.

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