Tribological Study of Vegetable Oil Based Lubricants - A Review

Abstract:

Lubricants have a very crucial role in machinery industry for friction reduction and wear reduction between two relatively moving parts. The current study enlightens the works from various authors on evaluating the tribological behavior of environment friendly vegetable based oils as emerging biodegradable lubricants. The influences of the vegetable oils on friction and wear performance using different Tribometers were reported. The review focuses efforts on the development and commercialization of these vegetable based oils as industrial lubricants for manufacturing industries, mainly, metal forming and metal cutting. The review reveals that, many vegetable oils can be used as industrial lubricant, due to their exemplary attributes in terms of friction and wear reduction, which would help to decrease the universal demand of commercial lubricants which are based on petroleum resources to a great extent.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 895)
• Pages: 212-217
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.895.212
• Online since: November 2019
• Authors: Deepak Deepak*, T.P. Jeevan, S.R. Jayaram
• Keywords: Lubricant, Tribology, Tribometers, Vegetable Oil

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