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<p>In sheet metal forming processes, friction increases the force parameters of the forming process and produces a deterioration in the quality of the surface of the components. The basic way to reduce the unfavourable impact of friction is to lubricate the sheet metal surface with commercial oils. This article presents the results of experimental studies and analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the friction of DC01 low-carbon steel sheets using a strip drawing test. For these tests, a special device was built containing countersamples with a flat surface made of 145Cr6 steel covered with a protective AlTiN coating. Lubricants of different viscosities were fed into the contact zone under forced pressure. The effect of contact pressure on the value of the coefficient of friction was also determined. The predicted R² of 0.9227 was in reasonable agreement with the adjusted R² of 0.9411 confirming that the ANOVA model was reliable. It was found that increasing the lubricant pressure had a beneficial effect in reducing the value of the coefficient of friction. The higher the contact pressure, the more effectively the pressurised oil reduced the value of the coefficient of friction.</p>
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In sheet metal forming processes, friction increases the force parameters of the forming process and produces a deterioration in the quality of the surface of the components. The basic way to reduce the unfavourable impact of friction is to lubricate the sheet metal surface with commercial oils. This article presents the results of experimental studies and analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the friction of DC01 low-carbon steel sheets using a strip drawing test. For these tests, a special device was built containing countersamples with a flat surface made of 145Cr6 steel covered with a protective AlTiN coating. Lubricants of different viscosities were fed into the contact zone under forced pressure. The effect of contact pressure on the value of the coefficient of friction was also determined. The predicted R² of 0.9227 was in reasonable agreement with the adjusted R² of 0.9411 confirming that the ANOVA model was reliable. It was found that increasing the lubricant pressure had a beneficial effect in reducing the value of the coefficient of friction. The higher the contact pressure, the more effectively the pressurised oil reduced the value of the coefficient of friction.

Analysis of the Lubrication Performance of Low-Carbon Steel Sheets in the Presence of Pressurised Lubricant

Department of Manufacturing Processes and Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics

Department of Integrated Design and Tribology Systems, Faculty of Mechanics and Technology

Doctoral School of Engineering and Technical Sciences at the Rzeszow University of Technology

Advances in Materials Science

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In sheet metal forming processes, friction increases the force parameters of the forming process and produces a deterioration in the quality of the surface of...

Analysis of the Lubrication Performance of Low-Carbon Steel Sheets in the Presence of Pressurised Lubricant

Published Online: Jun 19, 2023

Page range: 64 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2023-0011

Keywords
ANOVA, Coefficient of friction, Friction, Sheet metal forming, Steel sheets

© 2023 Tomasz Trzepieciński et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Analysis of the Lubrication Performance of Low-Carbon Steel Sheets in the Presence of Pressurised Lubricant

Published Online: Jun 19, 2023

Page range: 64 - 76

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2023-0011

KeywordsANOVA, Coefficient of friction, Friction, Sheet metal forming, Steel sheets

© 2023 Tomasz Trzepieciński et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ANOVA, Coefficient of friction, Friction, Sheet metal forming, Steel sheets