• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2021

The wear behavior of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and butadiene rubber (BR) was investigated using a blade-type abrader with a steel blade (SB), Ti-coated tungsten carbide blade (TiB), or zirconia blade (ZB). The wear rate of SBR against SB and TiB decreased with increasing number of revolutions because of the blunting of the blades during wear. However, the wear rate of SBR against ZB remained nearly constant with little blade blunting. Generally, the wear rate of BR was largely unaffected by the blade material used for abrasion. The wear rate and frictional coefficient of SBR were found to be higher than those of BR at similar levels of frictional energy input. A power-law relationship was found between the wear rate and frictional energy input during abrasion. A well-known Schallamach pattern was observed for SBR, while a much finer pattern was observed for BR. The blade material affects the wear rate of the rubbers because the macromolecular free radicals and blade tend to undergo mechano-chemical reactions. The inorganic ZB was found to be the most inert for such a mechanism.

• 한국기계연구소 소보
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• 통권13호
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• pp.27-43
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• 1984

In order to obtain the high resilience, low compression set and less of hardness change in the wiper blade rubber, vulcanization system and receipes must be controlled. To improve the above the above Physical properties, the system should be taken as follows. i) peroxide vulcanization system and sulfur vulcanization system. ii) rubber having more cis-form than trans-form. iii) moderate particle size cabon black. v) usage of other improvement agent. The rubber blade with 4.4% compression set, 76% resilience, Hs 0 $\pm$ 2 hardness change could be abtained through vulcanization system, In addition, the surface of wiper blade must be treated by chemically and physically to minimize for the skid and friction.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2014

실리카와 카본블랙을 함유한 SBR 배합고무를 대상으로 마찰 및 마모거동을 조사하였다. 인열에너지 이론을 배경으로 설계된 칼날형 마모시험기를 이용하였으며 마찰일의 크기가 SBR 배합고무의 마모속도에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 마찰일이 증가할수록 마모속도가 증가하는 power law관계를 확인하였다. 칼날형 마모시험기를 통해 기존의 간헐적 마모손실무게 측정 대신 연속적 마모이동거리 측정이 가능했으며 보다 정확한 마모속도를 결정할 수 있었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2020

Automobile wiper blades are generally treated with chlorine to lower their friction coefficient with the windshield surface. This treatment could affect the crosslink density measurement of rubber vulcanizates, a material used in windshield wipers, which would consequently alter its chemical and physical properties. Therefore, this study evaluated the influence of chlorination on crosslink density measurements of natural rubber (NR) vulcanizates using a vehicle wiper blade. A method for determining the degree of chlorination was developed where the interaction parameter between the rubber and the swelling solvent was corrected. A decrease in the rubber sample swelling ratio was observed upon chlorination, and the chlorination penetrated less than 1% of the sample thickness. The chlorinated NR was assumed to be chloroprene rubber (CR), which was used to correct the interaction parameter. The results showed the CR contributed approximately 7% to the parameter.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2020

Vehicle wiper blades are typically treated with chlorine to lower their friction coefficient with the windshield surface. In this study, a chlorinated, natural rubber (NR) vehicle wiper blade was characterized using a pyrolytic technique. Unchlorinated and chlorinated wiper blades were pyrolyzed and the pyrolysis products were analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Besides isoprene and dipentene, the other principal pyrolysis products such as 1,5,8-p-menthatriene (MTT) and p,α-dimethylstyrene (DMS) were observed. The MTT and DMS ratios did not vary for the chlorinated nor unchlorinated samples when the entire rubber lip of the wiper blade was pyrolyzed. However, when only the lip surface of the wiper blade rubber was pyrolyzed (via scratching with a knife) the relative ratios of the chlorinated sample were much greater than those of the unchlorinated sample. As MTT is produced from the conjugated backbone of chlorinated NR that forms through HCl elimination during initial pyrolysis, and DMS is generated by the dehydrogenation of MTT, these two products could be used as markers for detecting chlorinated NR.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2010

The windshield wiper consists of 4 parts: a blade, an arm, a linkage and a motor. The wiper blade makes contact with the windshield and is designed to be operated normally at an angle of 30~50 degrees to the front glass. If the contact pressure between the wiper blade and windshield surface is too high, noise and wear of the rubber will result. On the other hand, if the contact pressure is too low, the performance will do badly, since foreign substances such as dust and stains will not be removed well. The pressure and friction of the wiper blade has a great influence on its effectiveness in cleaning the front window. This is due to the contact of the rubber with the window. This paper presents the dynamic analysis method to estimate the performance of the flat type blade of the wiper system. The blade has a nonlinear characteristic since the rubber is an incompressible hyper-elastic and visco-elastic material. Thus, Structural dynamic analysis using a complex contact model for the blade is performed to find the characteristics of the blade. The flexible multi-body dynamic model is verified by the comparison between test and analysis result. Also, the optimization using the central composite design table is performed.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.107-113
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• 2011

The windshield wiper consists of 4 parts: a blade, an arm, a linkage and a motor. The wiper blade makes contact with the windshield and is designed to be operated normally at an angle of 30~50 degrees to the front glass. If the contact pressure between the wiper blade and windshield surface is too high, noise and wear of the rubber will result. On the other hand, if the contact pressure is too low, the performance will do badly, since foreign substances such as dust and stains will not be removed well. The pressure and friction of the wiper blade has a great influence on its effectiveness in cleaning the front window. This is due to the contact of the rubber with the window. This paper presents the dynamic analysis method to estimate the performance of the flat type blade of the wiper system. The blade has a nonlinear characteristic since the rubber is an incompressible hyper-elastic and visco-elastic material. Thus, Structural dynamic analysis using a complex contact model for the blade is performed to find the characteristics of the blade. The flexible multi-body dynamic model is verified by the comparison between test and analysis result. Also, the optimization using the central composite design table is performed.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.3292-3297
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• 2014

자동차의 와이퍼 블레이드(Wiper Blade, W/B)의 마찰계수를 낮추기 위하여 고무 표면을 염소 처리하였다. 염소처리 방법으로는 물 $20.0{\ell}$에 35.0% 염산(HCl)과 5.25% 차아염소산소다(NaOCl)를 각각 $300m{\ell}$, $400m{\ell}$를 첨가한 염소처리용액을 만든 후, 2분에서 20분 동안 처리하였다. 처리 후의 표면 특성은 IR 스펙트럼, 마찰계수 측정기, EPMA를 이용하였다. IR 스펙트럼으로 부터 W/B 고무 표면의 염소화 정도를 확인하였다. 마찰계수는 염소처리에 의해 크게 감소하였다. 특히, 염소화 초기에 보다 민감한 영향을 나타내었다. 고무표면 특성을 고무 파단면의 길이 방향에 대하여 EPMA 선분석한 결과를 얻었다. EPMA에 의한 염소침투깊이는 위의 염소농도에서, 염소처리를 5분 실시한 후에 1.2 ${\mu}m$ 임을 알 수 있었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.27-36
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• 1998

The surface of wiper blade(W/B) rubber was chlorinated by chemical treatment method using the hydrochloric acid(HCI) and sodium hypochlorite(NaOCl). From the results of contact angle measurement, friction coefficient measurement, and ATR-IR spectra, the surface characteristics of chlorinated W/B rubber with time of chlorination were studied. Contact angles for W/B rubber with increasing time of chlorination and chlorine concentration were measured for the water and ethylene glycol. From the results, contact angle fell rapidly with increasing time of chlorination and chlorine concentration, reaching a constant value after about 10min. And the wettability of W/B rubber surface by means of chlorination has been improved. For an unchlorinated W/B rubber, the friction coefficient with time of chlorination decreased from 1.27 to 0.20~0.23 on full chlorination. As the results it was considered that abrasion resistance of W/B rubber surface has been also improved. The values of pH and $Cl^-$ ion concentration in a chlorine treatment solution decreased as the extent of chlorination of W/B rubber surface increased. From the results of ATR-IR spectra, it was observed that C=C double band of W/B rubber surface transformed into C-Cl band, but quantitative determination of the extent of chlorination was not feasible because of the complexity of chlorination reactions.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2014

칼날형 마모 마찰 시험기를 이용하여 NR배합고무의 마모 거동을 조사하였다. 온도, 하중, 그리고 회전속도를 변화시켜 마모속도에 미치는 영향과 열화된 배합고무의 마모 현상에 대해 평가하였다. 시편의 회전속도와 수직 하중이 증가할수록 마모속도가 증가하였다. 실험온도가 증가할수록 마찰계수가 감소하였고, 마모속도도 감소하였다. 마찰에너지와 마모속도 사이에 Power-Law 관계를 나타냈으며 마모속도는 열화에 의해 급격히 증가하였다. 시편의 마모패턴은 마모조건에 의해 영향을 받았으며 특히 수직 하중을 변화시켰을 때 마모융기(ridge)간격에 큰 변화를 보였다. 배합고무의 마모속도를 결정하는데 간헐적 마모손실 무게측정 대신 칼날형 마모시험기를 이용한 연속적인 마모이동거리측정으로 대체할 수 있음을 확인하였다.