Abstract
Abstract The incorporation of fillers/fibers into polymer composites gives a good combination of mechanical properties, chemical resistance, damping vibration coupled with tribological properties such as self-lubrication, low noise emission etc. The effect of Bio-Based Pongamia Pinnata Seed Cake waste called Pongamia oil cake (POC) on dry sliding wear behavior of basalt fabric reinforced-epoxy (B-E) composites were investigated. Composite samples were prepared using a matrix transfer moulding (MTM) method. Wear tests as conducted by using a wear test tribometer as per ASTM standard. The wear resistance of composites increased by the loading of POC into B-E composites. This reduction in wear rate in POC filled composites has been attributed to the formation of antiwear additives to the surface of the composite specimen and the surface of the En -32 steel disc and POC acts as wear resistance product and to protect the large-scale fragmentation of composite specimen. The fractured surfaces were examined through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), in order to probe the wear mechanism.
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