TY - JOUR A1 - Spaltmann, Dirk A1 - Hartelt, Manfred A1 - Woydt, Mathias T1 - Triboactive materials for dry reciprocating sliding motion at ultra-high frequency JF - Wear N2 - High-power piezo-electric motors with power densities of 1.4 kW/kg display a potential for substituting hydraulic actuators. For this application, two novel tribometers of the same type have been designed using commercially available components for sliding motion at 40 kHz with amplitudes between 2.5 µm and 5 µm. The tribometers are equipped with means to measure amplitude, frequency, power required to keep the samples in motion and load applied. The effective motion between the two contacting bodies is monitored in each of the tribometers. These data are used to evaluate the coefficient of friction. The wear rate was determined after the tests. The set-ups were tested using well-known 100Cr6H (AISI 52100) samples before investigating novel, non-commercial substrates such as AlFeCrTi-alloys and tungsten carbide-based coatings as well as Magnéli-type coatings (Tin-2Cr2O2n-1 and TinO2n-1). This paper presents the principle of the ultra-high frequency tribometers and first tribological quantities of materials and coatings tested up to and above 1011 cycles. Very low wear rates in the range 10-8 mm³/Nm down to 10-10 mm³/Nm were determined under dry oscillation in air. KW - Frequency KW - Tribometer KW - Sliding friction KW - Wear KW - Triboactive materials KW - Magnéli-type phases KW - Aluminium alloy KW - Oscillation PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2008.06.004 SN - 0043-1648 VL - 266 IS - 1-2 SP - 167 EP - 174 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-18243 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -