Can you identify this type of wear?
Analytical Ferrography allows analysts to visually examine wear particles present in a sample. A trained analyst visually determines the type and severity of wear deposited onto the substrate by using a high magnification microscope. The particles are readily identified and classified according to size, shape, and metallurgy.
The image above was documented by digital photography and following are the analyst's notes, which might help you identify the wear.
Description: Shaved metal particles that look like wood shavings from a lathe. Seen in sleeve bearings and shaft couples. Abrasives embedded in soft bearing or burrs on hardened metals create these wear particles.
Comments: Worm drives have a tendency to create this type of particle. When seen it indicates abnormal wear.
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