Friction condition of aluminum alloy AA6061 lubricated with bio-lubricant in cold forging test
Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
ISSN: 0036-8792
Article publication date: 14 January 2022
Issue publication date: 22 April 2022
Abstract
Purpose
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 of palm oil-based [palm stearin (PS), palm kernel oil (PKO) and palm mid olein (PMO)] as a bio-lubricant in cold forging process using experimental and finite element method.
Design/methodology/approach
Ring compression test plays a fundamental role in the understanding of materials science and engineering because of the deformation, friction and wear behaviour. Aluminium (A6061) was used in this test to observe the deformation of the ring with different palm oil and its derivatives by comparing with commercial metal forming oil.
Findings
The presence of certain type of palm oil-based lubricant has a good performance compared to mineral-based oil in terms of surface roughness but when observed in terms of friction the result shows that palm oil-based lubricant has poor friction performance compared to mineral oil-based lubricant (m = 0.25), where PS has the lowest friction at m = 0.3 compared to PKO (m = 0.35) and PMO (m = 0.38).
Research limitations/implications
This research is using palm oil in cold forging test to study the friction, formation and stress at certain levels of stroke. The detail of the test is explained in the manuscript as attached.
Social implications
This research is trying to promote the use of biodegradable material to reduce pollution to the surrounding.
Originality/value
The originality of this paper has been checked using Turnitin and the result is 13%.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their thanks to the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia for the FRGS Grant (FRGS/1/2018/TK03/UTM/02/14), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the Research University Grant (21H50) and TDR Grant (05G23).
Citation
Yahaya, A. and Samion, S. (2022), "Friction condition of aluminum alloy AA6061 lubricated with bio-lubricant in cold forging test", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 74 No. 4, pp. 378-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-08-2021-0326
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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