Effect of Pin Geometry and Orientation on Friction and Wear Behavior of Nickel-Coated EN8 Steel Pin and Al6061 Alloy Disc Pair

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Load (kg)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">COF (<i>μ</i>) of sphere</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">With coating</td><td class="align_center">Without coating</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0.5</td><td class="align_center">0.30 ± 0.031</td><td class="align_center">0.55 ± 0.025</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3.0</td><td class="align_center">0.48 ± 0.035</td><td class="align_center">0.68 ± 0.043</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5.0</td><td class="align_center">0.47 ± 0.038</td><td class="align_center">0.70 ± 0.032</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Average coefficient of friction for different load conditions.</div>

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Table 3

Table 3: Effect of Pin Geometry and Orientation on Friction and Wear Behavior of Nickel-Coated EN8 Steel Pin and Al6061 Alloy Disc Pair 