Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 65 Issue 4

Tribological behaviors of novel crown‐type phosphate ionic liquids as lubricants for steel/aluminum contacts

Dong Jiang, Litian Hu, Dapeng Feng

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize a novel kind of crown‐type phosphate ionic liquids with better tribological properties for steel/Al system. The anions of crown‐type…

Tribological behavior of LaF3 nanoparticles as additives in poly‐alpha‐olefin

Ming Zhang, Xiaobo Wang, Weimin Liu

The purpose of this paper is to study the influences of test conditions to the tribological behavior of LaF₃ nanoparticles as an additive to a polyalphaolefin (PAO).

Tool wear investigation whilst turning BS970‐080A15 carbon steel using TiCN‐Al2O3 CVD coated carbide tooling in gaseous and liquid nitrogen environments

M. Stanford, P.M. Lister, K.A. Kibble, C. Morgan, T. Sihra

The purpose of this work is to investigate the performance of non‐contaminating metal cutting environments and investigate the associated tool chip interface conditions. The work…

Frictional catastrophe behaviors and mechanisms of brake shoe for mine hoisters during repetitious emergency brakings

Zhencai Zhu, Jiusheng Bao, Yan Yin, Guoan Chen

In order to improve the braking safety of mine hoisters, this paper aims to focus on the continuous repetitious emergency braking conditions to investigate an abnormal frictional…

The microstructure and mass transport during friction welding of ductile cast iron

Mieczysław Kaczorowski, Radosław Winiczenko

The results of a study of friction welding of ductile cast iron using stainless steel interlayer are presented. Based on the microstructure evolution at the region close to the…

Effect of surface roughness on pure squeeze EHL motion of circular contacts

Li‐Ming Chu, Hsiang‐Chen Hsu, Jaw‐Ren Lin, Yuh‐Ping Chang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the pure squeeze elastohydrodynamic lubrication motion of circular contacts with surface roughness under constant load conditions. The…

Tribological behavior of Si3N4 sliding against Dy−sialon ceramics under lubrication of phosphazene lubricants

Jiamei Zhu, Weimin Liu, Ruizhi Chu, Xianliang Meng

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the tribological properties of Si₃N₄ sliding against Dy−sialon ceramics lubricated by two novel phosphazenes bridged…

Behavior analysis of machines and system air hemispherical spindles using finite element modeling

Abdérafi Charki, David Bigaud, Fabrice Guérin

The spindle behavior of machines and systems depends largely on the choice and design quality of the mechanical components used for the displacement between different parts. As…