Tribological Characteristics on the Helical Gear in Cold Forging Mold

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to find out the tribological characteristics of the various lubricants in cold forging of helical gear, which is used in mobile auto-transmission. Five kinds of lubricant were used in this study, i.e. L1, L2, L3, L4 and L5. The pin-on-disk type of friction wear test system has been adopted here. The normal load of 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100N has been applied to the test specimen. The sliding velocities were 0.06, 0.10, 0.14, 0.18, 0.22, 0.26, 0.30 and 0.34m/s. Experimental results show that the friction coefficients of oils having higher kinematic viscosity such as L1, L2, L4 and L5 tend to increase gradually as the sliding velocity increases. The increasing rate of the friction coefficient is relatively high in lower sliding velocity range. However in case of L3 which has low kinematic viscosity the friction coefficient tends to decrease as the sliding velocity increases. The friction coefficients of Bondelube and Bondelite were 3 times higher than those of L1 and L5. The Stribeck curve indicates that L1, L2, L4 and L5 were in hydrodynamic lubrication condition and L3 was in boundary lubrication condition. SEM micrographs revealed that there were some scratch, adhesive wear, adhesion wear and scuffing on the worn surface.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 704-705)
• Pages: 277-283
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.704-705.277
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Won Sik Choi, Jae Hwan Son, Inh Lee, Eun Young Jin, Ju Ri Kwon, Young Moon Lee, Noritsugu Umehara
• Keywords: Bondelite, Cold Forging, Helical Gear, Lubricant, Scuffing, Tribology

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