Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 74 Issue 4

Guest editorial: Preface for MITC202ONE

Mohd Fadzli Bin Abdollah

Friction condition of aluminum alloy AA6061 lubricated with bio-lubricant in cold forging test

Aiman Yahaya, Syahrullail Samion

Cold forging operation is one of the widely used techniques in industry production. This paper aims to present a case study in highlighting and modelling the use of different type…

Influence of the taper on the fretting wear of the femoral stem-femoral head taper junction in total hip prosthesis

Lucian Capitanu, Liliana-Laura Badita, Constantin Tiganesteanu, Virgil Florescu

The purpose of this paper is to study the roughness effect on the fixation of taper junction components and surfaces wear in terms of taper surface design. The roughness of the…

Effect of cutting parameters on tool life during end milling of AISI 4340 under MQL condition

Ahsana Aqilah Ahmad, Jaharah A. Ghani, Che Hassan Che Haron

The purpose of this paper is to study the cutting performance of high-speed regime end milling of AISI 4340 by investigating the tool life and wear mechanism of steel using the…

Fabricating fluorosilane self-assembled molecular film on Babbitt alloy and its tribological performance

Liguo Qin, Hao Yang, Yuquan Ni, Guangneng Dong

This study aims to improve the tribological performance of Babbitt alloy under oil lubricant condition. Thus, the surface was treated into oleophobic state by modifying with low…

Enhancing AW/EP tribological characteristics of biolubricant synthesized from chemically modified cotton methyl-esters by using nanoparticle as additives

Mustabshirha Gul, Md. Abul Kalam, Nurin Wahidah Mohd Zulkifli, Masjuki Hj. Hassan, Md. Mujtaba Abbas, Sumra Yousuf, Omar Sabah Al-Dahiree, Md. Kamaleldin Gaffar Abbas, Waqar Ahmed, Shahab Imran

The purpose of this study is to improve the tribological characteristics of cotton-biolubricant by adding nanoparticles at extreme pressure (EP) conditions in comparison with…

Characteristics of dimple structure on aluminium silicon alloy fabricated using turning machine

Faarih Farhan Mohd Nasir, Jaharah A. Ghani, Mohd Shahir Kasim, Wan Fathul Hakim W. Zamri

This research aims to present the characteristics of dimple structure which was fabricated using a turning machine, where the characteristics include sizes, shapes, area ratio and…

Performance analysis of erosion resistant Mo2C reinforced WC-CoCr coating for pump impeller with Taguchi’s method

Jashanpreet Singh, Jatinder Pal Singh

This study aims to deal with development and performance analysis of high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermally sprayed Mo₂C-based WC-CoCr (tungsten carbine cobalt chrome) (Co-10…

Analysis of lubrication and sealing performance on textured piston pair with multi-factor coupling

Song Quan, Yong Guo, Xuedong Liu, Zhewu Chen, Yudi Liu

This paper aims to study the lubrication and sealing performance on the textured piston pair under the cross action of the shape and structure parameters. This paper further…