Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SB1-P054
TRIBO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF HDPE/NATURAL FIBERS
FILLER COMPOSITE MATERIALS
José Francisco Louvier Hernández 1 , Ernesto David García Bustos 2 , Gabriela Mendoza Leal 1,3 ,
Carolina Hernández Navarro 4 , Jaime Navarrete Damián 5 , Luis Alejandro Alcaraz Caracheo 6 ,
Francisco Javier García Rodríguez 7
1 Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Mexico. 2 Universidad
de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Mexico. 3 Instituto
Tecnológico de Celaya, , Mexico. 4 Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Departamento de Ingeniería
Mecánica, Mexico. 5 Centro Regional de Optimización y Desarrollo (CRODE) de Celaya, Área de
Diseño y de Investigación, Mexico. 6 Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Departamento de
Ingeniería Mecatrónica, Mexico. 7 Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Departamento de Ingeniería
Industrial, Mexico.
Over the last decade, polymer composites reinforced with natural fibers have
received ever-increasing attention, both the academic world and various
industries. Due to the demanding needs for environmentally friendly
composites, the automotive industry is seeking environmentally friendly
biodegradable renewable composite materials and products. There are a wide
variety of different natural fibers which can be applied as reinforcement or
fillers, showing a potential as a replacement for inorganic ï¬Â•bres in
automotive components. The fact that plastics are often rather economical to
produce, especially in very complex shapes and the possibility of obtain
composite materials achieving very short demoulding times as no chemical
reaction is required. Moreover, polymers are used increasingly for tribologically
stressed components, whereby metallic bearings, gear wheels or sliding
elements are replaced by plastic components. In this regard, the objective of this
work was to produce composite materials based on natural fibers and
characterize the influence of the addition of different amounts of filler. To do so,
composites of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and peanut shells (PS) at
different proportions (2, 4 6, 8 and 10% wt.) were prepared. The composites
were produced by injection molding and molded into a special tensión test
simple mold. The resulting samples were were characterized chemically and
structurally, by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-Ray
Difraction (XRD), and evaluated. The influence of the fiber content of the
composites on tensile, and wear properties of the composites have been
evaluated. The tribological essays were carry out by the reciprocating sliding
wear test with a 10 N load, employing a 10 mm diameter Al2O3 ball as counterbody.
The friction forces were measured and registered during the test and the