Open AccessINFLUENCE OF LUBRICANT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TRIBOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Author(s) -
Emilia Assenova,
M. K. Kandeva,
Vidosav D. Majstorović
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced quality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2217-8538
pISSN - 2217-8155
DOI - 10.25137/ijaq.n1.v44.y2016.p13-19
Subject(s) - tribology , lubricant , environmental pollution , reliability (semiconductor) , materials science , quality (philosophy) , mechanical engineering , engineering , manufacturing engineering , forensic engineering , environmental science , power (physics) , environmental protection , physics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology
Equipment quality and reliability improvement, and reducing environmental pollution trough tribological understanding are of the key challenges facing tribology and especially green tribology today. The paper deals with a question of huge importance in the application of tribology, namely the impact of lubricants and additives on tribological systems characteristics. Consideration is giv en to the influence of quality improvement of lubricants on the equipment reliability and life extending, as well as on the search for safety solutions to ecological tasks. An illustration of the current development of lubricants and additives is done by t he study of the oil-soluble metal-plating composite additive Valena studied in the Tribology Laboratories of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering at the Technical University Sofia and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Belgrade University.