Two-body free-abrasive wear of polyethylene, nylon1010, expoxy and polyurethane coatings

Two-body free-abrasive wear behavior of polyethylene (PE) coatings, nylon1010 (PA1010) coatings, polyurethane (PU) coatings, and expoxy (EP) coatings was investigated. Abrasive wear tests were performed on a turnplate abrasive wear test machine JMM. Hardened and low-temperature tempered steel 45 was used as a reference material. The results shown that in abrasive wear resistance, the PU coatings are approximately 120%, about 5 times larger than the PE coatings and 3 times larger than the PA1010 coatings and the EP coatings, the EP coatings and the PA1010 coatings approach to 40%, and the PE coatings about 20% compared with the reference material (steel 45). Of all the tested polymer coatings, the PU coatings are the best, the PE coatings the worst, and the PA1010 coatings and the EP coatings intermediate. Wear morphologies of the polymer coatings were observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). Main wear mechanisms of the tested polymer coatings include ploughing wear for the PE coatings and the PA1010 coatings, fatigue wear for the PU coatings and fatigue fracture as well as some brittle fracture and somewhat ploughing wear for the EP coatings.