This paper presents an investigation on the tribological properties of zinc borate ultrafine powder (ZBUP) employed as a lubricant additive in sunflower oil. The stable dispersions of 0.5 wt%, 1 wt% and 2 wt% ZBUP in sunflower oil were achieved by using an ultrasonic homogenizer. Both a 4-ball tester and a pin-on-disc tester were employed to evaluate the antiwear and friction reduction capabili...

Patients with tooth grinding habits may tend to wear through the occlusal surfaces of stainless steel crowns. A technique is described which prevents this problem by increasing metal occlusal surface thickness of the crown.

Mechanical hardness testing is fundamental in the evaluation of the mechanical properties of metallic materials due to the fact that the hardness values allow one to determine the wear resistance of the material involved, as well as the approximate values of its ductility, flow tension, among a number of other key characteristics. As a result, the main objective of the present work has been the...

The present study investigated the role of alloy microstructure and surface roughness on wear and friction behavior of leaded and unleaded tin bronzes. Ball-on-disk experiments were carried out under dry conditions with steel balls sliding against bronze disks. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive electron microscopy (EDX), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Auger elect...

This research work highlights the effects of acoustic emission (AE) signals emitted during the milling of H13 tool steel as an important parameter in the identification of tool wear. These generated AE signals provide information on the chip formation, wear, fracture and general deformation. Furthermore, it is aimed at implementing an online monitoring system for machine tools, using a sensor f...

In this study, two different vegetable based cutting fluids developed from refined canola and sunflower oil and a commercial type semi-synthetic cutting fluid were carried out to determine optimum conditions for tool wear and forces during milling of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel. Taguchi L9 (3) orthogonal array was used for the experiment plan. Cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut and ...

As the turbine industries need to manufacture turbine blades made of martensitic stainless steel AISI 420 with high toughness and wear resistance, local laser hardening has become more and more important. In this research, surface of the samples was initially hardened by high-power pulsed laser beam; then, optimum parameters of hardening were calculated and wear resistance of surface hardened s...

Conveyor belts reinforced with steel cords fail during operation for various of reasons, including corrosion of the cords from hostile solutions, impact fracture of the cords, splice failure, wear and longitudinal tears. Though steel cord belts are generally confined to applications requiring high belt tensions, they also have applications as high-lift short belts for in-plant handling of parti...

recent studies demonstrate that aluminide coatings are beneficial to wear and erosion resistance and also that oxygen-active elements such as yttrium can remarkably improve this resistance. in this research, the micro-hardness of the aluminide coatings with and without yttrium on 1045 steel was investigated using a micro-mechanical probe. wear of the samples was measured using a pin-on-disk tri...

the use of fe-al intermetallic compound coatings has been investigated in order to improve the tribological behaviour of carbon tool steel. the coatings were formed by a pack cementation process and subsequently diffusion annealing at 900˚c in an argon controlled atmosphere. the optimum diffusion time was selected on the basis of optimum thickness and tribological behaviour. the microstructure ...