Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 67 Issue 1

Water lubrication of PTFE composites

Lorena Deleanu, Constantin Georgescu

The paper aims to present results on the friction and the wear of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and eight commercially available composites with PTFE matrix, for tests done on…

Measurement and prediction of the heat transfer properties of hydrocarbon mixtures with potential application as aluminum cold rolling base oils

Daniel Pattemore, David F. Heenan, Krzysztof R. Januszkiewicz

The objective of this paper is to measure the differences in heat transfer properties of refined hydrocarbon distillate fractions that are commonly used as base oils in aluminium…

Resistance to cast iron seizure determined by the technological condition of the surface layer

Stanislaw Laber

– The aim of this study was to evaluate a surface layer of the condition resistance to seizure. The surface layer was shaped in the processing grinding and burnishing.

Dry sliding friction and wear behavior of self-lubricating wollastonite filled polycarbonate composites

Akin Akinci

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the friction and wear performance of pure polycarbonate (PC) and 5-30 per cent wollastonite-filled (by weight) PC were comparatively…

CFD analysis of load-carrying capacity of hydrodynamic lubrication on a water-lubricated journal bearing

Gao Gengyuan, Yin Zhongwei, Jiang Dan, Zhang Xiuli

The purpose of this paper is to improve hydrodynamic load-carrying capacity of a water-lubricated journal bearing by a new bush structure. Water-lubricated bearing is becoming…

Static characteristics of thermohydrodynamic journal bearing operating under lubricants containing nanoparticles

Sreedhar Babu Kalakada, Prabhakaran Nair Nair Kumarapillai , Rajendra Kumar P K

The purpose of this work is to investigate the static performance characteristics of thermohydrodynamic journal bearing operating under nanolubricants (lubricants containing per…

Tribological problems in shaft hoist ropes wear process

Michal Styp-Rekowski, Eugeniusz Manka, Maciej Matuszewski, Monika Madej, Dariusz Ozimina

The purpose of this paper was to create conditions for the correct decision concerning an exchange of the used rope for a new one. A cognitive goal was to indicate the causes of…

Analysis of wear generation in mine excavator bucket

Mayukh Sarkar, Subrata Kumar Ghosh, P.S. Mukherjee

The purpose of this paper is to explore the wear phenomena on the bottom surface of an excavator bucket and optimize the design parameters to reduce wear rate by converting…

Research on the tribological properties of a textured lubricating wear-resistant coating modified by nano-SiC at high temperature

Yuncai Zhao, Fei Yang, Yongming Guo

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the tribological properties of a textured lubricating wear-resistant coating modified by nano-SiC at a high temperature. Its aim is to…

Determination of optimum particle size of Al2O3/SiCp reinforced hybrid composites materials in wear testing

Necat Altinkök, Ferit Ficici, Aslan Coban

The purpose of this study is to optimize input parameters of particle size and applied load to determine minimum weight loss and friction coefficient for Al2O3/SiC…

The importance of 2 per cent PTFE/FeF3 additives in engine fully formulated oil for reducing friction and wear under boundary lubrication condition

Gabi N Nehme, Saeed Ghalambor

This paper aims to focus on the topics of phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) in engine oil. Very reproducible boundary lubrication tests were conducted as part of Design of Experiments…

Enhanced tribological performance of CuS thin film on Si substrate: the case of APS-PAA buffer layer

Yidong Zhang

The purpose of this paper was to demonstrate the influence of a 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane–polyacrylic acid (amino propyl silane (APS)-PAA) buffer layer on the tribological…