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Effect of Contact Conformity on Grease Lubrication

OKÁL, M. KOŠŤÁL, D. ŠPERKA, P. KŘUPKA, I. HARTL, M.

Anglický název

Effect of Contact Conformity on Grease Lubrication

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

en

Originální abstrakt

This work focused on the experimental study of grease lubrication mechanisms around contacts in radial ball bearing 6314. The main objective of this work was to show the influence of conformities and their impact on grease lubrication in ball bearings. For the experiments, a tribometer of ball-on-ring configuration was used and fluorescence microscopy was chosen as the observation method. The results showed that, under starvation conditions, a conformity of 0.52 at velocities around 2 m/s produces a 50% thicker lubricating film than a conformity of 0.58. The available amount of lubricant around the contact area for conformity 0.52 was approximately three times less than that for conformity 0.58, and the same ratio was observed for the amount of lubricant on the rolling track. Experiments show that a realistic tribometer geometry allows a more accurate experimental study of the lubrication mechanisms of greases in ball bearings.

Anglický abstrakt

This work focused on the experimental study of grease lubrication mechanisms around contacts in radial ball bearing 6314. The main objective of this work was to show the influence of conformities and their impact on grease lubrication in ball bearings. For the experiments, a tribometer of ball-on-ring configuration was used and fluorescence microscopy was chosen as the observation method. The results showed that, under starvation conditions, a conformity of 0.52 at velocities around 2 m/s produces a 50% thicker lubricating film than a conformity of 0.58. The available amount of lubricant around the contact area for conformity 0.52 was approximately three times less than that for conformity 0.58, and the same ratio was observed for the amount of lubricant on the rolling track. Experiments show that a realistic tribometer geometry allows a more accurate experimental study of the lubrication mechanisms of greases in ball bearings.

Klíčová slova anglicky

grease lubrication; ball bearing; starvation; replenishment

Vydáno

01.11.2022

Nakladatel

MDPI

ISSN

2075-4442

Ročník

10

Číslo

11

Strany od–do

1–13

Počet stran

13

BIBTEX


@article{BUT179841,
  author="Michal {Okál} and David {Košťál} and Petr {Šperka} and Ivan {Křupka} and Martin {Hartl},
  title="Effect of Contact Conformity on Grease Lubrication",
  year="2022",
  volume="10",
  number="11",
  month="November",
  pages="1--13",
  publisher="MDPI",
  issn="2075-4442"
}