KARAKTERISASI SIFAT MEKANIK KOMPOSIT SERBUK KAYU JATI/EPOKSI DENGAN PENAMBAHAN SERBUK LOGAM KUNINGAN DAN MgO SEBAGAI BAHAN ALTERNATIF KAMPAS REM SEPEDA MOTOR
Abstract
It is known that asbestos brake pad has a negative impact on human health. Therefore many studies have recently carried out to replace asbestos with eco-friendly materials used as fillers for alternative brake material. Teak wood and brass powder wastes that are abundantly available have good potential to utilize as fillers for brake material. This research aims to fabricate the epoxy resin composite with three kinds of fillers (teakwood, brass and MgO powders), and to study the effect of fillers ratio on the mechanical properties (tensile, hardness and wear rate) of the brake composites.
The epoxy resin composites with 40% volume fraction of fillers were fabricated using a cold press method. Fillers (teakwood, brass and MgO powders) were varied in three ratios: i.e. (50%:30%20%), (60%:20%20%) and (70%:10%:20%). Tensile (ASTM D 638-02 TYPE IV), hardness (ASTM E10) and wear rate (Ogoshi method) tests were conducted on all composite specimens. A scanning electron microscope (SEM, TESCAN VEGA3 LMU) and an optical microscope (OM, Olympus BX53M) were used to characterize the tensile fracture surface and the cross-section view microstructure of the composites, respectively.
The results indicated that increase in volume fraction of teak wood powder increases the tensile strength and wear resistance, but decreases the hardness of the composites. The highest tensile strength (34.58 MPa) reached by composite with the filler ratio of 70%:10%20%. While composite with the filler ratio of 50%:30%20% showed the highest hardness of 18.35 BHN and the lowest wear resistance of (1,09E-08 mm2/kg) in which it is near to the value of a commercial break material (8,700E-09 mm2/kg).