Abstract:
Provided is an innovative belt-shaped lubricating material for dry wiredrawing which not only can be used under severe wiredrawing processing conditions such as those of high temperature/high pressure/high speed as well as conventional powdered or granular lubricants for dry wiredrawing but also can cope with diameter reduction to a wide range of wire diameters ranging from a small diameter to a large diameter and a wide range of linear speeds ranging from a low speed to a high speed, has excellent functionalities such as lubricity, followability, spreadability, adhesiveness, heat resistance, processability, workability, safety, durability and productivity irrespective of a processed shape, is effective in improving work environments and is friendly to the global environment.The belt-shaped lubricating material for dry wiredrawing includes a film containing 10 to 90% by weight of a metal salt of a saturated fatty acid and 10 to 90% by weight of a thermoplastic resin.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method for providing a low-friction surface comprises providing (210) of a mechanical element. A tool is mechanically rubbed (212) against a surface of the mechanical element. A process liquid is provided (214) to a contact area between the mechanical element and the tool. The process liquid comprises a first element that is a refractory metal and a second element that is a chalcogen. The first and second elements are provided in a liquid substance. The mechanical rubbing is performed with a contact pressure that is between 1% and 100% of an ultimate strength of the mechanical element. The mechanical rubbing thereby causes a combined burnishing of the surface of the mechanical element and a deposition of a tribofilm on the surface of the mechanical element. The tribofilm comprises the first element and the second element.
Abstract:
A process for the in-situ formation of a lubricating phase comprising sulphur and tin in a friction material, wherein reaction of a sulphur source with a tin source in said friction material results in the formation of said lubricating phase, and wherein said reaction is initiated or effected by heat resulting, in use, from the generation of friction, wherein said sulphur source is selected from one or both of sulphur and/or a metal sulphide selected from one or more of iron, copper, zinc, titanium and bismuth, and wherein said tin source is selected from one or more of tin, a tin-containing compound and/or a tin-containing alloy.