Tribocorrosion machine

(TriboCorr).

TRIBOCORR

Thanks to the industrial research activity and the competences acquired in the Reliability and Surface Engineering fields, Il Sentiero has designed and built TriboCorr. This machine is able to carry out tribocorrosion tests by means of the simulation of specific tribological conditions in a corrosive environment. TriboCorr is able to reproduce not only operating conditions of materials to be tested, but also the most difficult working conditions accelerating degenerative phenomena that generally occur in the long term. TriboCorr is both a versatile and modular tool: thanks to the interchangeable modules that compose it, it is possible to reproduce different operating conditions. Wear is caused by a counterpart (often hard material) that puts pressure on the test-piece of material or on the treatment to be analyzed; this sample can have different shapes, according to customers’ needs and the physical phenomenon to be studied. On the other side, corrosion is reproduced recreating an environment that simulates or reproduces aggressive conditions of the real working system. Therefore, in TriboCorr we can find: - Aqueous solution of chlorides - Aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide - Lubricants - Aggressive substances - Acids and bases The degradation of the test-piece can be monitored in real time through electrochemical analyses, thanks to the integrated potentiostat and the set of electrodes. It is possible also to control the friction coefficient and carry out other specific analyses. The plant can also be used for static corrosion experiments.

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