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An approach to the study of plasto‐elastohydrodynamic lubrication in the wire drawing process part 1: Experimental
Author(s) -
EiButsh A. M. A.,
EiBadrawy R. S.,
Mokhtar M. O. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
lubrication science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.632
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1557-6833
pISSN - 0954-0075
DOI - 10.1002/ls.3010060207
Subject(s) - lubricant , lubrication , grease , materials science , viscosity , aluminium , composite material , process (computing) , mechanical engineering , engineering drawing , engineering , computer science , operating system
This paper describes an experimental study of hydrodynamic lubrication in wire drawing in which different types of lubricants (straight oils, emulsions and grease) are used. The experiments were conducted on a specially designed laboratory wiredrawing test rig, to assess the frictional force and film thickness, while drawing an aluminium wire at different speeds. Hydro‐dynamic performance, including frictional force and film thickness, were measured and plotted graphically, showing lubricant and drawing speed as the main influences. Results indicate that the frictional force decreased and the oil film thickness increased using straight oils with high viscosity at high drawing speed.