| 摘要 |
<p>Provided is a sliding member wherein it is possible to stabilize the sliding characteristics regardless of the rotational speed of a rotating shaft. Specifically, provided is an annular sliding member (11) which is used in a mechanical seal, is attached to a rotating shaft, and slidably comes into contact, by being applied with energizing force in the axial direction, with another annular sliding member attached to a housing, wherein the sliding surface (11a) which comes into contact with the other sliding member is formed from: a dynamic pressure generating groove (14) which guides a fluid to be sealed from a region (O) to be sealed to the side of a region (A) to not be sealed of the sliding surface (11a) , and which generates dynamic pressure for resisting the energizing force by means of the relative flow of the fluid to be sealed generated by means of the rotation of the rotating shaft; and a concave-convex section (15) configured from a plurality of minute grooves which have a shallower depth than the dynamic pressure generating groove (14), and which extend in an oblique direction with respect to the sliding direction so as to guide the fluid to be sealed from the side of the region (O) to be sealed of the sliding surface (11a) to the side of the region (A) to not be sealed thereof.</p> |
