[modeleng] Re: Gear wear
- From: KJones9154@xxxxxxx
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:22:51 EDT
In a message dated 11/08/2004 13:22:16 GMT Standard Time,
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Logically the nylon, being softer, would wear faster, but the reverse is
> the
> case.
>
> Any explanations anyone?
Yep, heres my theory,
Just like the principal of lapping, the softer material acts like a sticky
paper and absorbes the harder (worn) grains of material into itself thus
creating a sandpaper effect which then accelerates the wear on the mating part.
But then I expect soebody else has said this already.
Ken Jones in cloudy Berkshire
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