Wear characteristics of medical hearing-aid components and friction reduction mechanisms

• Main Authors: Song, Xu, Huang, Jiazhao, Leu, Seet Wei, Zhou, Kun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styren; Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Micropores
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82958; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49097
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The wear characteristics of a hearing-aid battery assembly, which consist of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styren (ABS) button cell compartment and a stainless steel bracket with the locking knob, have been studied in the current work to predict its lifespan in service. The main failure mechanism is th...