Abstract
Lubricants have a very important role to play in every type of industry in reducing friction and wear between two relatively moving parts. Mainly lubricants are formulated from petroleum oil which is on the verge of extinction thus its price is also increasing at a higher rate. Furthermore these petrobased lubricants are poorly biodegradable and toxic in nature which is highly undesirable due to environmental concerns and health and safety of operator.
This paper represents the investigation of tribological characteristics of non edible vegetable oils as bio lubricants. Formulated oil samples were refined castor oil and its blend with mahua oil at 10%, 20% and 30% mixing ratio. Wear and friction analysis is done using a pin on disk wear testing machine at various parameters
like applied normal load, rotational speed and time. The results (wear rate, frictional force and coefficient of friction) indicate that blend of castor oil with mahua oil at 20% mixing ratio have tremendous capacity for being used in maintenance application particularly in gear applications.
This paper represents the investigation of tribological characteristics of non edible vegetable oils as bio lubricants. Formulated oil samples were refined castor oil and its blend with mahua oil at 10%, 20% and 30% mixing ratio. Wear and friction analysis is done using a pin on disk wear testing machine at various parameters
like applied normal load, rotational speed and time. The results (wear rate, frictional force and coefficient of friction) indicate that blend of castor oil with mahua oil at 20% mixing ratio have tremendous capacity for being used in maintenance application particularly in gear applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference AIMTDR 2014 |
| Editors | U. S. Dixit, R. Ganesh Narayanan, M. Ravi Sankar |
| Publisher | Indian Institute of Technology |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference - IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India Duration: 12 Dec 2014 → 14 Dec 2014 https://www.iitg.ac.in/aimtdr2014/ (Link to conference website) |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | AIMTDR 2014 |
| Country/Territory | India |
| City | Guwahati |
| Period | 12/12/14 → 14/12/14 |
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Keywords
- bio lubricants
- castor oil
- mahua oil
- tribological characteristics