TY - GEN A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas ED - Wilson, Andrew T1 - Tribological Behaviour of PEEK Composites in Vacuum Environment T2 - 12th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium (ESMATS 2007), September 19-21, 2007, Liverpool, UK (Proceedings) N2 - For tribological components working under extreme conditions, such as vacuum, or broad temperature ranges, it is often a problem to achieve acceptable durability of their friction parts. Thus, new material requirements are involved for these tribo-systems, in particular regarding operability and reliability. At BAM, several projects were conducted in the recent years, dealing with the tribological properties of friction couples at cryogenic temperature and in vacuum environment. This paper describes the vacuum and ultra high vacuum tribometers constructed at BAM and presents experiments carried out with polymer composites. The experiments presented were performed with PEEK, filled with solid lubricants, against 304 steel with a pin-on-disc configuration in oscillating sliding. Friction tests were carried out in vacuum in the temperature range between -40°C and +160°C and in ultra high vacuum at room temperature. KW - Tribologie KW - Vakuum KW - Polymere KW - Kompositwerkstoffe KW - Festschmierstoffe PY - 2007 SN - 92-9291-217-6 SN - 1609-042X SP - 1 EP - 5 AN - OPUS4-17399 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -