Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 74 Issue 8

Guest editorial: Tribology for sustainability & reliability

Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, T.V.V.L.N. Rao, Mir Irfan Ul Haq, Mohd Fadzli Bin Abdollah

Influence of a halogen free ionic liquid on the rheological and tribological characteristics of canola oil

Gitesh Kumar, H.C. Garg

This paper aims to develop vegetable oil-based environmentally acceptable lubricants with a halogen-free ionic liquid (IL) as a substitute for petroleum-based lubricants.

Exploring the frictional characteristics of kelp liquid as an environmentally friendly lubricant

Huiyun Yang, Hailin Lu, Changkai Wang, Endong Jia, Bowen Xue, Guiquan Chai

Kelp is widely productive and inexpensive. The purpose of this study is to explore kelp liquid (KL) as an environment-friendly water-based lubricant, which is expected to replace…

Effect of plastic pyrolytic oil and waste cooking biodiesel on tribological properties of palm biodiesel–diesel fuel blends

Muhamad Sharul Nizam Awang, Nurin Wahidah Mohd Zulkifli, Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas, Muhammad Syahir Amzar Zulkifli, Md Abul Kalam, Mohd Nur Ashraf Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Hazwan Ahmad, Wan Mohd Ashri Wan Daud

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the lubricity of palm biodiesel (PB)–diesel fuel with plastic pyrolysis oil (PPO) and waste cooking biodiesel (WCB).

Study on oil starvation at the oil seal edge of the oil film of hydrostatic bearing with double rectangular cavity

Shiqian Ni, Yanqin Zhang, Zhen Quan

When the clearance oil film of hydrostatic bearing friction pair is in critical lubrication state, the phenomenon of zero flow of local lubricating oil will aggravate the oil film…

Low friction bio-inspired polydopamine/polytetrafluoroethylene coating performance in hydrodynamic bearings

Marius Rutkevičius, Jimmy Dong, Darren Tremelling, Julia Viertel, Samuel Beckford

Low friction polymer coatings able to withstand high loadings and many years of continuous operation are difficult to formulate at low cost, but could find many applications in…

Fabrication and tribological behavior of novel UHMWPE/vitamin-C/graphene nanoplatelets based hybrid composite for joint replacement

Omar Hussain, Shahid Saleem Sheikh, Babar Ahmad

This study aims to fabricate and investigate the tribological performance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)-based composite materials reinforced with 0.5, 1 and…

Influence of surface texture parameters of screw pump rotor on tribological properties of its friction pairs

Meiling Wang, Qin Li, Zhiqiang Huang, Weiji Qian, Xiong Chen, Qiang Li, Tianhua Lai

This study aims to solve the premature failure of the rubber stator due to wear, reduce the frictional resistance moment of the screw pump to solve the problem of a model of…

Braking-experimental study on the relationship between friction material type and brake disc temperature

Youjie Chen, Fei Gao, Rong Fu, Linlin Su, Xiaoming Han, Junying Yang

This study aims to clarify the relationship of friction material type and brake disc temperature through braking experiment.