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500µm
(a) (b) 500µm
(c) (d)
FIGURE 13.20
The typical large wear particles from a failed wind turbine gearbox: (a) a laminar particle
(200 ); (b) a sliding wear particle (200 ); (c) a fatigue wear particle under stereomicroscope
(45 ); (d) a spherical particle under stereomicroscope (45 ).
L=0.868 mm
(b)
(a)
FIGURE 13.21
A large fatigue wear particle (L870 μm) from a failed wind turbine gearbox: (a) under
stereomicroscope (45 ); (b) under ESEM (300 ).
