CSM Instruments Tribometers

In Tribology, a flat or a sphere shaped indenter is loaded on to the test sample with a precisely known weight. A pin is mounted on a stiff lever, designed as a friction less force transducer. As the sample is either rotating or sliding, resulting frictional forces acting between the pin and the sample are measured by very small deflections of the lever. Wear coefficients for both the sample and material are calculated from the volume of the material lost during a specific friction run. This simple method facilitates the determination and study of friction and wear behaviour of almost every solid state material combination, with varying time, contact pressure, velocity, temperature, humidity, lubricants, etc. Tribometers span includes:

• The Nano Tribometer
• Standard Tribometer
• High Temperature Tribometer (up to 1000°C)
• High Vacuum Tribometer (down to 10-7 mbar)