Study of Tribological Characteristics of Journal Bearing using Mixture of different Bio-Lubricants

Abstract

Wear is the main reason for material losses & degradation of any machine component. If we reduce the magnitude of this wear can bring about enhanced performance. This can be possible by decreasing friction. Usage of Lubricant is a viable method for controlling the friction. This decreases wear and it has wide application in operation of machine component, for example, bearing. Nowadays different oils are used to diminish erosion and wear between mechanical contact surfaces however mineral oils are known for higher manufacturing expenses and low biodegradability. A few research works are going ahead keeping in mind the end goal to create bio-oil and to have tribological characteristic study between interacting mechanical surfaces. In any case, our investigation mostly features the tribological-study about on Journal-bearing at various speeds and at various loads, so at long last we can choose best bio-mixture of Lubricant for journal bearing on the premise of low coefficient of friction and high load conveying capacity. From the present work we found that cotton seed and hippe oil and castor and honge oil (50:50) mixture will give the best operating performance of the journal bearing.