Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 28 Issue 1

The Mechanism of Fretting and the Influence of Temperature

P.L. Hurricks

The first part of this paper appeared in our November/December issue and dealt with fretting wear behaviour of mild steel from room temperature to 600°C in air. The general…

A NEW SYSTEM FOR SOLUBLE OIL DISPOSAL TO PREVENT POLLUTION

INTEREST in disposing of soluble cutting oil has been highlighted in view of the increasingly stringent regulations and because the old practice of running waste into rivers or…

TRIBO‐MECHANICS OF CARBON‐FIBRE‐REINFORCED PLASTICS

T. Tsukizoe, N. Ohmae

Tribology of the carbon‐fibre‐reinforced plastics has been investigated. The wear‐resistance of carbon‐fibre‐reinforced plastics was found to be much better than those of other…

LUBRICATION ON THE FACTORY FLOOR

AT the British Steel Corporation's Orb Works, at Newport, Gwent, it used to be customary to use mineral oil for lubricating steel strip during rolling. However, following a…