Writer： O. Jacobs, R. Jaskulka, F Yang, W Wu, Proc. Conf. Wear of Materials (WOM2003) in Washington of USA, April 2003

Abstract：This paper deals with the effect of counterpart material (hardened steel, austenitic steel, and Al₂O₃), internal lubricant (PTFE, graphite, MoS ₂and SnS₂), and fibre reinforcement (glass and carbon fibres) on the wear of epoxy-based composites. Under dry conditions thehigh chromium austenitic steel led to a lower composite wear than the bearing steel. Alumina counterparts produced results similar tothe austenitic steel. In a dry environment, only PTFE led to a remarkable wear reduction, while all other fillers had no significant effectregardless of the counterpart material. For wet conditions the Al₂ O₃ceramic seems to be most promising. The carbon fibre reinforcedversion had the best wear performance under aqueous conditions.