Assessment of the Wear Behavior and Surface Roughness of Epoxy / Date Seed's Powder Bio-composites

Ahmed F. Mohamed^{1, 2}, Mohamed K. Hassan^{1, 3,} , Abdulaziz H. Alshamrani¹, Sufyan A. Azam¹, Mohammed Y. Abdellah^{1, 4,} and Ahmed H. Backar^{1, 5}

¹Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA

²Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt

³Production Engineering and Design Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia 61111, Egypt

⁴Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt

⁵Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt

Cite this paper:
Ahmed F. Mohamed, Mohamed K. Hassan, Abdulaziz H. Alshamrani, Sufyan A. Azam, Mohammed Y. Abdellah and Ahmed H. Backar. Assessment of the Wear Behavior and Surface Roughness of Epoxy / Date Seed's Powder Bio-composites. American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2022; 10(1):41-48. doi: 10.12691/ajme-10-1-6

Abstract

The study looks at the effect of adding micro particles of date palm seed to epoxy resin to improve its wear resistance. Begin with an overview of some concepts before explaining the basic concept of wear resistance. It is a scientific experiment that focuses on the improvements that occur in the material and has the potential to provide many applications in the applied field. The aim of the current study is to use micro particles of date palm seed to increase the wear resistance of the epoxy. This study might be able to apply this in the future to improve wear resistance in biomedical applications or other fields that could benefit from this research. The mixing procedure is employed in this work to make epoxy composites. Composites are made with date palm seed powder particles with a particle size of 150 microns. There are four formulations with filler components of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%. To begin, 1 kg of weight to 5 kg has been applied at five different speeds to each of the four samples. The 20% sample had the best results of all, with a weight loss of 7.03% of the beginning weight, followed by the 10% sample with a weight loss of 9.4%, the 15% sample with a weight loss of 12.2%, and the 5% sample with a weight loss of 19.95%. After reviewing all of the samples that had been tested, the date palm seeds increased wear resistance and enhanced it to get superior outcomes.

Keywords:
bio-material date palm seed epoxy wear resistance

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