PMID- 12115454
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030304
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0021-9304 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9304 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 4
DP  - 2002 Sep 15
TI  - Tribological investigation of oriented HDPE.
PG  - 634-40
AB  - The possibility to control the wear properties of high-density polyethylene 
      (HDPE) material at an early processing stage is explored. Wear measurements of 
      cold roll-drawn HDPE with two different draw ratios were carried out for three 
      sliding planes, each in two directions. The dependence of the wear properties on 
      the degree and direction of orientation was investigated. The experiments were 
      performed in a pin-on-disc machine in a dry environment. The tribo-couple 
      consisted of HDPE plates versus a standardised diamond coated steel disc. The 
      results show that the wear resistance of cold roll-drawn HDPE differ widely, by a 
      factor up to 6, depending on the sliding direction relative to the drawing 
      direction. The material has a significantly better wear resistance when the 
      sliding direction was perpendicular to the processing direction. The best wear 
      resistance was in the end plane and it was improved by a factor up to 3.6 when 
      the draw ratio was increased from 2 to 4. These results indicate that molecular 
      orientation by polymer processing is a promising method to improve the wear 
      properties and decrease the wear debris production of HDPE.
CI  - Copyright 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
FAU - Hoseini, Mohammed
AU  - Hoseini M
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Materials Technology, SP Swedish National Testing and 
      Research Institute, PO Box 857, SE-50115 Boras, Sweden. mohammed.hoseini@sp.se
FAU - Lausmaa, Jukka
AU  - Lausmaa J
FAU - Boldizar, Antal
AU  - Boldizar A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Biomed Mater Res
JT  - Journal of biomedical materials research
JID - 0112726
RN  - 0 (Biocompatible Materials)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anisotropy
MH  - Biocompatible Materials/*chemistry
MH  - Biomechanical Phenomena
MH  - Materials Testing
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
MH  - Polyethylene/*chemistry
MH  - Prostheses and Implants
MH  - Surface Properties
EDAT- 2002/07/13 10:00
MHDA- 2003/03/05 04:00
CRDT- 2002/07/13 10:00
PHST- 2002/07/13 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/03/05 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/07/13 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/jbm.10241 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Biomed Mater Res. 2002 Sep 15;61(4):634-40. doi: 10.1002/jbm.10241.