Development of an Innovative Attachment Determining Friction Parameters for Quality Assessment in Sustainable Processing

Jacek Mazur, Renata Różyło (), Monika Wójcik, Marian Panasiewicz, Kazimierz Zawiślak and Paweł Sobczak
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Jacek Mazur: Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Str., 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Renata Różyło: Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Str., 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Monika Wójcik: Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Str., 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Marian Panasiewicz: Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Str., 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Kazimierz Zawiślak: Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Str., 20-612 Lublin, Poland
Paweł Sobczak: Department of Food Engineering and Machines, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 28 Głęboka Str., 20-612 Lublin, Poland

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-15

Abstract: New trends forcing the attractiveness of products in sustainable processing make it necessary to search for innovative methods of measuring their quality. For various biological materials, their physical properties, such as friction parameters in addition to their texture, are very important. Friction determines the course of many technological operations, e.g., transport, cleaning, sorting, fractionation, storage, and dosing of materials. An innovative friction adapter was developed for biological raw materials and tested on samples of self-produced soap. A 3D printing method for the production of this attachment was used. The soap sample loads were 100, 200, and 500 g, and the measurements of frictional resistance were carried out in contact with dry or water moistened synthetic leather, in comparison with sandpaper. For all tested variants (surfaces × loads), the initial friction of soap ranged from 0.853 N to 5.316 N, dynamic friction from 0.123 N to 3.542 N. The static and dynamic friction coefficients ranged from 0.019 to 0.151 and 0.006 to 0.131, respectively. The developed adapter for testing the friction coefficient ensures easy and quick assembly of the analyzed sample, its quick exchange and stable operation in both measurement directions, i.e., pushing and pulling the sample, as well as the possibility of using a lower applied load.

Keywords: quality in sustainable development; static friction; dynamic friction; soap; texture; physical properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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