Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 64 Issue 4

Preparation and tribological properties of zinc dialkyl(aryl)ethoxy dithiophosphates

Leszek Margielewski, Renata Stanecka‐Badura, Stanislaw Plaza, Witold Kozlowski

Environmental regulations have called for reduction of phosphorus content in engine oils because this element strongly deactivates the catalyst in automotive catalytic converters…

Interface characterization of CO2 laser welded austenitic stainless steel and low carbon steel couple

Ugur Caligulu, Mustafa Taskin, Haluk Kejanli, Ayhan Orhan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate interface characterization of CO₂ laser welded AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel and AISI 1010 low carbon steel couple. Laser welding…

Thermal creep model of rough fractal surfaces in contact: viscoelastic standard linear solid

Osama M. Abuzeid

The purpose of this paper is to construct a continuous time series model to study the thermal creep of rough surfaces in contact.

Tribological synergism of surface‐modified calcium borate nanoparticles and sulfurized olefin

Jiusheng Li, Lifeng Hao, Xiaohong Xu, Tianhui Ren

Sulfurized olefins have been extensively used in many kinds of gear lubricants as EP additives. However, their commercial applications are not totally satisfactory because of the…

A performance simulator for grinding coolant evaluation

T.D. Lavanya, V.E. Annamalai

The purpose of this paper is to simplify the testing of coolants for grinding in the automotive industry.

Influence of braking pressure on tribological performance of non‐asbestos brake shoe for mine hoister during emergency braking

Jiusheng Bao, Zhencai Zhu, Minming Tong, Yan Yin, Yuxing Peng

The purpose of this paper is to describe some tribological experiments which were executed to find the influence of braking pressure on tribological performance of non‐asbestos…

The effect of steel balls based on different standards on the anti‐wear properties of lubricants

Meirong Yi, Xiaoying He, Huan Chen, Lifeng Hao

Through practical tests, it has been found that steel balls based on different standards could affect tribological performances of the same lubricant, but unfortunately, past…