Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 63 Issue 6

Investigation of roller burnishing on Zamac5 cast alloy alloyed by copper

Safwan M. Al‐qawabah

This paper seeks to investigate the effect of roller burnishing on the surface roughness and hardness of Zn−5% Al alloyed by copper at varied percentages.

Investigation of the measurement precision of oil analysis instruments, using fully formulated oils. Part 1: spectroscopic instruments

Sven Berg, Ulf Jungmar, Jan Lundberg, Pekka Vähäoja

The aim of this study is to determine the variation of the different oil analysis instruments in terms of standard deviation and CV‐values, when measuring samples of fully…

Investigation of the measurement precision of oil analysis instruments, using fully formulated oils. Part 2: contamination‐measuring instruments

Sven Berg, Ulf Jungmar, Jan Lundberg, Pekka Vähäoja

The aim of this study is to determine the variation of the different oil analysis instruments in terms of standard deviation and CV‐values, when measuring samples of fully…

Influence of tellurium addition on drilling of microalloyed steel (DIN 38MnS6)

Eder Costa, Nelis Luiz, Marcio da Silva, Alisson Machado, Emmanuel Ezugwu

This paper seeks to evaluate the influence of tellurium content on the machinability of the microalloyed pearlitic steel (DIN 38MnS6). Two grades of steels were used, one with…

Mechanical finishing honing: cutting regimes and surface texture

Damir S. Vrac, Leposava P. Sidjanin, Sebastian S. Balos

The aim of this paper was to confirm the hypothesis that it is possible to conduct normal honing by mechanical method, providing the prescribed quality of cylinder liners. For…

Variation of thin film deposition rate on SS 314 with the variation of gas flow rate using CVD

Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury, Dewan Muhammad Nuruzzaman, Khaled Khalil, Mohammad Lutfar Rahaman

Solid thin films have been deposited on stainless steel 314 (SS 314) substrates in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor at different flow rates of natural gas mostly methane…

Using TiO2 nanofluid additive for engine lubrication oil

Yuh‐Yih Wu, Mu‐Jung Kao

Nanoparticles have been studied as additives to lubrication oils for reducing friction and wear. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of nanofluid on engine oil…

Tribological characterization of green lubricating greases formulated with castor oil and different biogenic thickener agents: a comparative experimental study

R. Sánchez, M. Fiedler, E. Kuhn, J.M. Franco

The aim of this paper is to characterize some selected formulations based on castor oil and a variety of biogenic thickeners from a tribological point of view and compare them…

Multi‐steps synthesis and properties of tetraurea grease

Liu Lei, Sun Hongwei

Modern technology is giving some new requirements for the lubricating grease, and there are also some weaknesses for the existing diurea grease, especially its lower anti‐shear…

Application expertise and proactive maintenance – a cool approach to cutting fluids

Peter Bird

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