[Effect of the manufacturing process on creep and wear properties of UHMWPE (ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene)].
The creep and wear behaviour of pressed UHMWPE and extruded UHMWPE was compared, taking Chirulen and extruded UHMWPE of the Lennite type as examples. Using the ring-on-disc test, the wear and deformation volumes per 360,000 cycles were determined. The static tests were performed at surface pressures of 5.62 MPa and 9.37 MPa, while the test duration was 41.86 and 100 hours, respectively. The surface pressures result from the axial forces of 900 N and 1500 N, respectively, and a ring surface analogous to the DIN 58,835 and ISO 6474 standards. Between conventionally pressed and the extruded UHMWPE material differences of up to 350% in the sums of wear and deformation were found. It was noted that already at low surface pressures the extruded UHMWPE is more susceptible to creep deformation than is the conventionally pressed material, and that this effect dramatically increases at high surface pressures.
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Labor für Biomechanik und Experimentelle Orthopädie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München an der Staatlichen Orthopädischen Klinik.
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013499:Surface Properties; D016474:Weight-Bearing
D011095:Polyethylenes
Der Einfluss des Verarbeitungsverfahrens auf die Kriech- und Abriebeigenschaften von UHMWPE.