Polyamide worm gear: manufacturing and performance

The focus of this paper is to establish a characterisation method for seven polyamide (PA) grades to determine the major material to manufacture an automotive worm gear. The composite properties were measured according to the worm gear loadings: tensile strength, Young's modulus, abrasion and i...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Luís Gasparin, Leandro Luís Corso, Eduardo Kirinus Tentardini, Regina Célia Reis Nunes, Maria Madalena de Camargo Forte, Ricardo Vinicius Bof de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2012-06-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392012000300022