The application relates to the field of material service behavior evaluation, in particular to service behavior evaluation of
ceramic balls in high-end bearings, and more specifically to a
ceramic ball
rolling contact fatigue performance testing device and testing method simulating the structure and
lubrication of an angular contact
ceramic ball bearing. The device comprises a fixing plate, a stand, a limiting plate, an upper
thrust bearing, a lower
thrust bearing, an upper conical ring base, a lower conical ring base, an upper conical ring, a lower conical ring, a
retainer, a bearing steel rod and ceramic balls. According to the
diameter size of the ceramic balls to be tested, the geometric relationship of the ball-rod contact is designed and calculated, the rotating speed and the contact stress are determined; according to the selected contact stress and the fatigue cycle of the trial test, the
cut-off value of the constant
cut-off test is determined; the
rolling contact fatigue test is carried out on the ceramic balls to be tested, and the
contact fatigue performance of the ceramic balls is evaluated. The application can evaluate ceramic balls of different
diameter sizes without special
sample preparation, so that the ceramic balls in actual bearings can be directly tested.