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Tribology of Manufacturing Processes - Presses des Mines

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4 th International Conference on <strong>Tribology</strong> in <strong>Manufacturing</strong> <strong>Processes</strong> - ICTMP 2010Figure 2 : SEM micrographs <strong>of</strong> conventional and electrolytic phosphate coatings, [18].<strong>of</strong> polyami<strong>des</strong>, polyimi<strong>des</strong>, polyurethanes and/or polyoelfines such as polyethyleneand/or polypropylene, [12,22]. The film weight <strong>of</strong> the polymer lubricant is 1.5-2.5 g/m 2compared to 5-10 g/m 2 for soap, which leads to improved tolerances <strong>of</strong> cold forgedcomponents. The dust problems in wire drawing with soap lubrication are avoided andhigher production speeds in bolt making machines are reported. Furthermore theproblems <strong>of</strong> tramp oil (mixture <strong>of</strong> the process lubricant with the lubricating oil for themachinery) are avoided.2.1.2 Microporous coatingTang et al. [23,24] have developed a porous coating that serves as an efficient lubricantcarrier. A two-phase alloy <strong>of</strong> Sn and Zn is electrochemically deposited on the workpiecesurface after which one <strong>of</strong> the two metals is selectively etched leaving a micro- or evennanoporous layer <strong>of</strong> the remaining metal on the workpiece surface, see Figure 3. Thelayer thickness is typically 5 µm. When a lubricant subsequently is applied to the porouscoating, it will be trapped in the pores acting as numerous small lubricant reservoirs andwill be entrained in even the most demanding applications.Figure 3: Cross section and top view <strong>of</strong> new porous coating.Ring tests and double cup extrusion tests in St 1.0303 provided with the new lubricantcarrier combined with plain mineral oil with no boundary lubricants and a viscosity <strong>of</strong>8

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