Track: Senior Design Project Competition

Abstract

This work shows the design process for the construction of a reciprocating sliding tribometer used for the tribological study of materials, coatings and lubricants. In the development of the final design, a methodology is shown that includes an analysis of the client's needs, a state of the art of the already existing tribometers, a stage of conceptual designs, evaluation of the conceptual designs and then to arrive at a detailed engineering and manufacturing that resulted in the design of a functional tribometer and up to 14 times cheaper than those that exist in the market. This tribometer has commercial parts, some from custom design and is manufactured with conventional manufacturing processes. The design methodology used allows optimizing resources and maximizing results, all of the above in just 16 weeks.