Friction and Wear Behavior of Titanium Complex Grease with Admixture Base Oil

Abstract

Most of the lubricants are made of mineral oil which has bad biodegradability, and, hence, seriously contaminate the environment. To minimise the lubricants’ impact on the environment, this research developed a new type of lubricant, titanium complex grease. Its base oil is the admixture of vegetable oil and mineral oil. Its production method and experimental results are presented in this paper. The friction, wear and physical-chemical properties of the grease were investigated. The morphology of wear scar of steel ball was observed using the sweep electron microscope. The results obtained contribute to the further development of environmentally friendly lubricants.

Synthesis of polyphenylmethylsiloxanes and their enhancement on tribological properties of titanium complex grease

“…The use of PPMS as a co‐base oil could not only obviously improve the tribological properties of the titanium complex grease but also improve its antioxidation property as compared with the sole mineral oil‐ and vegetable oil‐based titanium complex greases (Refs. ).…”

“…Lubricating grease is composed of both thickener and base oil. Thickener gives a gel network for holding the base oil, which is made of aluminum‐, lithium‐, or titanium‐fatty acid soap having C12–C18 chain length . Mineral oil, synthetic ester, and vegetable oil are used as the base oils …”

“…first reported the preparation method and tribological properties of titanium complex greases . The titanium complex greases have some advantages, such as shearing reversibility, wide working temperature range of −20–150 °C, anti‐wear under extreme pressure, high corrosion and oxidation resistance, and compatibility with other greases …”