• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.143-149
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• 1997

This paper was undertaken to do image analysis of wear debris on operating condition of the lubricated moving surfaces. This lubricating wear test was performed under different experimental conditions using the wear test device was made in our laboratory and wear testing specimen of the pin on dist type was rubbed in paraffine series base oil, by materials, varying applied load, sliding distance. The four shape parameters (50% volumetric diameter, aspect, roundness and reflectivity) to describe wear debris have been developed and are outlined in the paper. A system using such techniques promises to obviate the need for subjective, human interpretation of particle morphology for machine condition monitoring, this to overcome many of the difficulties with current methods and facilitating wider use of wear particle analysis in machine condition monitouing.