Friction and wear testing is conducted across a broad range of high-technology industries to ensure product reliability, extend component service life, and reduce maintenance costs. This article introduces representative application examples.
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Automotive
The automotive industry relies heavily on friction and wear testing for both safety-critical and comfort-related applications.
- Brake pads and discs: Evaluating friction coefficient stability and wear rate under repeated braking cycles
- Engine components: Piston rings, cam followers, crankshafts — wear life prediction and lubricant evaluation
- Interior surfaces: Scratch resistance and abrasion durability of instrument panels, seat fabrics, and door trim
- Exterior coatings: Paint film scratch resistance and weathering evaluation
- Rubber seals and gaskets: Friction and wear of door seals under repeated opening/closing cycles
OA Equipment (Office Automation)
Office automation equipment—printers, copiers, scanners—relies on friction control for reliable paper feeding and transport.
- Paper feed rollers: Measuring friction coefficient of paper against rubber rollers to optimize paper-feeding reliability
- Printer heads: Wear resistance evaluation of print head wipers and maintenance components
- Toner and drum surfaces: Friction and wear between photosensitive drum and cleaning blade
Electronics
In electronics manufacturing, surface protection and connector reliability require tribological evaluation.
- Display glass and panels: Scratch resistance and haze resistance of touchscreen glass and protective coatings
- Flexible circuits: Wear resistance of flexible PCB surfaces under repeated bending
- Connectors: Fretting wear and contact resistance changes in electrical connectors
- Keyboards and buttons: Surface wear durability of keycap coatings and legends
Semiconductors
Semiconductor manufacturing involves extremely precision-sensitive friction and wear interactions.
- CMP (Chemical-Mechanical Planarization): Evaluating polishing pad wear and wafer surface planarity
- Wafer handling: Friction and scratch resistance of wafer surfaces and end-effector contacts
- Photoresist films: Hardness and scratch resistance of resist films on silicon wafers
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