Forecast of reliability for mechanical components subjected to wearing

Abstract

Generally, improving quality and price 
of products, obtaining a complete 
customer satisfaction and achieving 
excellence in all the processes are some 
of the challenges currently set up by 
every company. To do this, knowing 
frecuently the reliability of some 
component is necessary. 
To achieve this goal, a research, that 
contributes with clear ideas and offers a 
methodology for the assessment of the 
parameters involved in the reliability 
calculation, becomes necessary. 
A parameter closely related to this 
concept is the probability of product 
failure depending on the operating 
time. It is known that mechanical 
components fail by: creep, fatigue, 
wear, corrosion,etc. This article proposes 
a methodology for fi nding the reliability 
of a component subject to wear, such 
as brake pads, grinding wheels, brake 
linings of clutch discs, etc.