The effect of brush spring pressure on the wear behaviour of copper-graphite brushes with electrical current

Tribology International

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1381-1386

  Yasar, I ^a   Canakci, A ^b   Arslan, F ^b  

^a National Boron Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brush spring pressure; Copper graphite brushes; Friction and wear

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FRICTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

BRUSH SPRING PRESSURE; COPPER-GRAPHITE BRUSHES; WEAR DEBRIS;

BRUSHES;

EID: 34249809109     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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