Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

Cameron-Plint TE-53 Multi-mode
Rolling/Sliding Friction and Wear Tester


Cameron-Plint TE-53 Multi-mode Rolling/Sliding Friction and Wear TesterThe only one of its type in the US, this machine has six different contact geometries: rolling plus various percent slip, sliding, cylinder on cylinder, block on ring, pin on ring and roller on roller. A heated lubricant bath can be used to improve the accuracy of simulations. Tangential force and wear displacement can be recorded.





Metals and Ceramics Division



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