Technological Problems of the Long Life Lubricating Technology for Space Mechanisms

Tech Area / Field

• SAT-STM/Spacecraft Trajectories and Mechanics/Space, Aircraft and Surface Transportation

Status
8 Project completed

Registration date
25.01.1998

Completion date
12.01.2000

Senior Project Manager
Malakhov Yu I

Leading Institute
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Mobile Vehicle Engineering, Russia, St Petersburg

Collaborators

• JAXA / Tsukuba Space Center, Japan, Tokyo

Project summary

VNIITRANSMASH has great experience, since 1963, at providing working efficiency of friction units and different space machinery mechanisms. Here were developed some methods and stand equipment, which allow to ran tribotechnics research of construction and lubricating materials in a wide range of negative and positive temperature, loading, sliding speed, in vacuum and different unaggressive gases.

In cooperation with related organizations a range of self-lubricating materials, antifriction coverings, plastic lubricants and methods to increase the wear-resistance of construction materials were developed.

As result of this project the summarizing material will be made on methods of providing working efficiency; methods and equipment for tribotechnics tests of construction and lubricating materials, mechanisms, articles; properties of lubricating materials, examples of solving problems in providing, working efficiency of concrete space mechanisms.