Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 57 Issue 5

How does dry contact occur in elastohydrodynamic lubrication?

Y. Zhang

To form and develop a new mode of mixed elastohydrodynamic lubrication (mixed EHL) which is more realistic and of more application values to a practical elastohydrodynamic contact…

Thermo‐mechanical model to predict the tribological behaviour of the composite PEEK‐CF30/steel pair in dry sliding using multiple regression analysis

J. Paulo Davim, Rosária Cardoso

PEEK is an abbreviation for polyetheretherketone, a high performance engineering semicrystalline thermoplastic. This material can operate at higher temperatures and has excellent…

Research on experimentation of green cutting with water vapor as coolant and lubricant

Rongdi Han, Junyan Liu, Yongfeng Sun

Nowadays, green cutting has become the focus because of its ecological problem and the necessary environment protection, so that the research on experimentation of green cutting…

Study into mechanical properties of TiN coating on Ti‐6Al‐4V alloy through three‐point bending tests

B.S. Yilbas, M. Sunar, Z. Qasem, B.J. Abdul Aleem, S. Zainaulabdeen

To examine the mechanical properties of TiN PVD coated Ti‐6Al‐4V alloy through three‐point bending tests.

Future polyimide coatings used in high loaded bearings

B. Görlach, W. Holweger

To prevent damages of machinery elements and enhancing life lubrication by using new surface engineering techniques.

An investigation on the variation of surface areas in upsetting of cylindrical specimen

H. Erol Akata, Cem S. Çetinarslan

The purpose of presented study is to investigate the development of the barreling obtaining the variation of the surface area during upsetting of cylindrical specimens for various…

A study of lubrication mechanism of oil‐in‐water (O/W) emulsions in steel cold rolling

S.P. Dubey, G.K. Sharma, K.S. Shishodia, G.S. Sekhon

Oil‐in‐water (O/W) emulsion has been used in industrial rolling mills for many decades, but its lubrication mechanism is still not adequately understood. There is a need to…

Experimental Methods in Tribology

K. Friedrich, P. Rosso

Beldam Burgmann introduces the Corratherm Gasket to the UK offshore and petrochemical markets

Synthetic lubricants – the Fuchs energy efficient solution

Zetasizer Nano now measures across extended temperature range to 120°C

Choosing the right surface treatment is key to reducing friction, improving corrosion resistance and achieving longer bearing life

Castrol supports in-house fluid management for Callender

Forthcoming events

Oxford Instruments strengthens its leadership of the microanalysis market

Smart nipples mean lube efficiency

Editorial

John Taylor