Using advanced pressing technology for the wear resistance of polytetrafluoroethylene

The development of new methods for obtaining materials with predetermined operational properties that ensure the durability and the wear resistance of friction units is an urgent problem in modern material science. The article considers the effect of ultrasonic pressing modes with simultaneously superimposed low-frequency amplitude modulation on the mechanical and tribotechnical properties of polytetrafluoroethylene. The comparison of the obtained research results of the new technology is carried out with the traditional pressing technology. The results of studies indicated that the technology of ultrasonic pressing with the simultaneous application of low-frequency amplitude modulation makes it possible to increase the mechanical properties of PTFE: the tensile strength by 15 %, elongation by 13 %, the elastic modulus by 8 %, the hardness by 12 %, while the intensity of the mass wear rate is reduced by 40 %, and the coefficient of friction by 27 %.