AbstractThe aim of this article is to report wear and friction studies of cylindrical test steel pins coated with polyamide (PA6) incorporating fillers (iron, copper, aluminium, tin, lead) and solid lubricants (graphite, molybdenum disulphide (MoS2)) to improve the mechanical, thermal, and frictional properties of polyamide (PA6). The coated testpins were loaded against a rotating cylinder of bearing steel in dry, lubricated, abrasive conditions at constant load and sliding speed. The test results show a significant reduction in wear and friction for both copper‐filled polyamides and lead‐filled polyami