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Friction reduction on cylindrical surfaces by texturing with a piezoelectric actuated tool holder

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Friction reduction was investigated by making textured surfaces on outer cylindrical surfaces. The textured surfaces were manufactured by a piezoelectric tool holder actuator (PTHA), which was assembled in a lathe machine. Experimental and mathematical investigations were carried out. The experiments were carried out to investigate whether or not the textured surfaces could improve the lubrication performance of a cylindrical-contact planar surface. The textured surfaces were made on aluminum 6061 and carbon steel 1045 using vibration frequencies ranging from 50 Hz to 250 Hz. A block-on-ring tribometer was used in the experiments. A normal load of 50 N was applied with rotation speeds between 100 rpm and 1000 rpm. The experimental results show that the textured surfaces reduce the coefficient of friction by 20 to 40%. Also, this paper points out the limitation of the PTHA in fabricating various shapes as in the other methods.

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Abbreviations

KZ :

total stiffness of parallel flexure bar

KB :

local bending stiffness of asymmetric flexure hinge

r:

magnification ratio

l:

length between two asymmetric flexure hinges

Sd(%):

density of micro dimple in contact area

AD :

micro dimple area

ND :

estimated number of micro dimples

AC :

contact area

LC :

length of contact area in sliding direction

LF :

length of contact area in feed direction

L:

imaginary length of square cell

fm :

vibration frequency

D:

diameter of workpiece

int:

rounded integer

F:

feed

N:

rotational speed

ho :

minimum thickness of fluid film

hm :

maximum depth of the micro dimple

h(x,y):

fluid film functions of x and y

H:

dimensionless fluid film thickness

p:

pressure

P:

dimensionless pressure

Po :

ambient pressure, 0.101325 MPa

μ:

lubricant viscosity

U:

sliding speed or fluid film velocity

n:

minor diameter of micro dimple

m:

major diameter of micro dimple

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Kurniawan, R., Ko, T.J. Friction reduction on cylindrical surfaces by texturing with a piezoelectric actuated tool holder. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 16, 861–868 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-015-0113-2

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