Abstract

The European sheet forming industries are facing considerable problems due to legal requirements of introducing environmentally acceptable lubricants as substitutes for the present hazardous/toxic ones. The objectives of this project are to develop new environmentally acceptable lubricants and an approach for prediction or prevention of lubricant film breakdown in sheet forming operations to facilitate a shift in the European industry towards environmentally acceptable lubricants.

These objectives will be achieved by developing new environmentally acceptable lubricants based on pine oils and dry-film polymers, a system of experimental tests for sheet forming tribology combined with numerical modelling of lubricant film breakdown, which are integrated into a design support system. The expected output are new lubricants and a combined experimental and theoretical approach for prediction or prevention of lubricant film breakdown.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Bjarne G RAVN / Technical University of Denmark Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and / DENMARK

Participant

• Charlotte FRIIS / Buurskov & Lassen Maskinfabrik I/S Tool and Die Development / DENMARK
• Tomaz RODIC / Centre For Computational Continuum Mechanics SLOVENIA
• Joachim HEITBAUM / Chemetall Gmbh GERMANY
• Jesper FRETLOFT / Grundfos A/S DENMARK
• Michal KLEIBER / Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences / POLAND
• Erkki SUVANTO / MOF Masaoils Finland OY FINLAND
• Josep CAPDEVILA CASTANÉ / Mikalor S.A. Research and Development Department / SPAIN
• Jorma KARJALAINEN / Rautaruukki OY Rautaruukki Steel / FINLAND
• Jonathan RANCE / Rockfield Software Ltd. Innovation Centre University College of Wales / UNITED KINGDOM
• Kenneth HOLMBERG / Technical Research Centre of Finland Department of Manufacturing Technology / FINLAND