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Ecology in Tribology: Selected Problems of Eliminating Natural Oil-Based Lubricants from Machine Friction Couples

Wasilczuk Michał, Łubiński Jacek, Zasińska Katarzyna

Tribologia

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2023

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nr 2

97--103

EN

The elimination of mineral oil-based lubricants from machines has multiple beneficial effects on the natural environment. Firstly – these lubricants are a direct threat to the environment in the event of leaks; secondly – their elimination reduces the demand for crude oil from which they are obtained. In addition, in many cases, e.g. when replacing traditional lubricants with water, friction losses in the bearings can also be reduced due to the lower viscosity of the water, which reduces the energy dissipation in machines. On the other hand, the introduction of self-lubricating materials or water-lubricated bearings causes problems related to the need to adapt the design of machines and materials used to new operating conditions and changed properties of the lubricants. In the paper, selected examples of problems related to the use of ecological lubricants are discussed. The high cost of PEEK based polymers resulted in the emergence of cheaper substitutes on the market; however, in the conducted research, the substitutes presented worse properties than those declared by their manufacturers.

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Eliminacja ropopochodnych środków smarowych z węzłów ciernych maszyn ma wieloraki korzystny wpływ na stan środowiska naturalnego. Po pierwsze – środki te są bezpośrednim zagrożeniem dla środowiska w przypadku wycieków i nieszczelności, po drugie – ich eliminacja zmniejsza zapotrzebowanie na ropę naftową, z której są pozyskiwane. Ponadto w wielu wypadkach, np. przy zastępowaniu tradycyjnych środków smarowych wodą, zmniejszają się też straty tarcia w łożyskach w wyniku mniejszej lepkości wody, co zmniejsza straty energii w maszynach. Z drugiej jednak strony wprowadzanie bezsmarowych węzłów ciernych lub smarowania wodnego w łożyskach przysparza problemów związanych z koniecznością dostosowania konstrukcji maszyn i stosowanych materiałów do nowych warunków działania łożysk i innych właściwości środków smarowych. W pracy omówiono kilka przykładowych problemów związanych ze stosowaniem ekologicznych środków smarowych. Jednym z nich jest dobór polimerowych materiałów stosowanych na łożyska smarowane wodą. W związku z wysokimi kosztami materiałów na bazie PEEK na rynku pojawiają się tańsze zamienniki. W przeprowadzonych badaniach materiałowych zaobserwowano niezgodność deklarowanych przez producentów właściwości z rzeczywistością. Stwierdzono również wyraźnie gorsze właściwości tribologiczne.

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Assessment of possible application of waterlubricated sintered brass slide bearing for marine propeller shaft

Litwin W., Olszewski A.

Polish Maritime Research

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2012

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nr 4

54--61

EN

Water-lubricated bearings have been applied to support ship screw shafts for over a hundered years. Development of plastic materials has caused that novel sliding polymers appeared available on the market and being approved by classification institutions, possible to be applied in shipbuilding. However in the subject – matter literature there is no reference to application of bearings fitted with metal or ceramic bushes in shipbuilding. Nevertheless they have important merits such as low resistance to motion, long service life or stability of form. But some doubts are evoked by their large value of shape elasticity module which can lead to local stress concentration at the bush edges in the case of non-axiality of bush and shaft axes. Hence this work has been aimed at the testing of a bearing made of bronze-graphite silter. In the work is presented a comparison of measurement results of resistance to motion , hydrodynamic pressure distributions in lubricating film as well as shaft axis trajectories of the bearing, with those made for a typical elastic polymer bearing. The measurement results have showed high quality of the tested material. In the opinion of these authors it could be applicable to bearing ship propeller shafts.

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Water-lubricated bearings of ship propeller shafts - problems, experimental tests and theoretical investigations

Litwin W.

Polish Maritime Research

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2009

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nr 4

42-50

EN

In recent years can be met ships whose propeller shaft polymer bearings are lubricated with water. It results from simplicity and associated low cost of such solution which is also environmentally friendly as no risk of pollution is involved. However the solution is not free of disadvantages. The main problem is intensive wear of bush material, occurring in certain cases. It very often results from errors of improper design and machining and mounting operations. Another problem is a limited value of its hydrodynamic load-carrying capacity, resulting from low viscosity of water used as a lubricating medium. As results from the performed research investigations, bearing of the kind is a highly sensitive unit. Problems of choosing a suitable bearing clearance, designing an optimum bush geometry, selecting a proper bush material are crucial for lifitime of the bearing.