Experimental Research Regarding the Effect of Mineral Aggregates on the Wear of Mixing Blades of Concrete Mixers

A Niță, E Laudacescu, MG Petrescu, T Dumitru… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Industrial mixers are equipment used to mechanically combine different types of materials in
order to obtain homogeneous mixtures. In concrete industry production, mixers play a crucial …

Development and validation of wear models by using innovative three-dimensional laser scanners

E Butini, L Marini, E Meli, A Rindi… - Advances in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
One of the main problems in railway and tramway systems, both dynamically (safety, comfort
etc.) and economically (planning of maintenance interventions, reduction of wheel and rail …

Experimental Research on the Wear Behavior of Materials Used in the Manufacture of Components for Cement Concrete Mixers

A Niță, MG Petrescu, T Dumitru, A Burlacu, M Tănase… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mixers used in the production of cement concrete operate under special conditions such as
mechanical stresses, abrasive–erosive friction phenomena, and corrosive working …

New challenges in tribology: wear assessment using 3D optical scanners

MC Valigi, S Logozzo, S Affatato - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Wear is a significant mechanical and clinical problem. To acquire further knowledge on the
tribological phenomena that involve freeform mechanical components or medical …

Experimental evaluation of tramway track wear by means of 3D metrological optical scanners

MC Valigi, S Logozzo, E Butini, E Meli… - Tribology-Materials …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Wear evaluation of rolling components is crucial for tramway dynamics, maintenance and
safety. 2D contact wear measurement techniques are the most commonly used to detect the …

Advances in optomechatronics: An automated tilt-rotational 3D scanner for high-quality reconstructions

S Logozzo, MC Valigi, G Canella - Photonics, 2018 - mdpi.com
3D vision systems are more and more required in a large variety of applications and mostly
for mechanical and medical purposes. This paper presents the study and realization of a …

Wear resistance of blades in planetary concrete mixers. Design of a new improved blade shape and 2D validation

MC Valigi, S Logozzo, M Rinchi - Tribology international, 2016 - Elsevier
Wear of machine components is one of the main phenomena to control and limit in order to
improve the performance and reduce the production costs. In this paper, the optimization of …

Wear assessment and reduction for sustainability: some applications

S Logozzo, MC Valigi - Proceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2021: IFToMM …, 2022 - Springer
Wear assessment and reduction are topics of great significance in green tribology as part of
the Sustainable Development Goals. In fact, minimization of wear plays a fundamental role …

Twin-shaft mixers' mechanical behavior numerical simulations of the mix and phases

MC Valigi, S Logozzo, L Landi, C Braccesi, L Galletti - Machines, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the mechanical behavior of concrete twin-shaft mixers is analyzed in terms of
power consumption and exchanged forces between the mixture and the mixing organs …

Study of wear of planetary concrete mixer blades using a 3D optical scanner

MC Valigi, S Logozzo, I Gasperini - Proceedings of the ASME …, 2015 - research.unipg.it
Performance optimization of a concrete mixer is fundamental in many industrial
technologies. Wear is one of the main phenomena to be forecast and tested during the …