Use of Coatings on Lubricated Surfaces

A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2018)

Special Issue Editors

Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Oviedo, 33203 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Interests: green tribology; corrosion properties of lubricants; lubricant degradation mechanisms; biodegradability and bacterial toxicity of lubricants; tribological properties of ionic liquids as lubricant additives and as neat lubricants; nanoparticles as lubricant additives; DLC and PVD coatings; real-time lubricant condition monitoring
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Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Oviedo, Campus de Gijón, 33203 Gijón, Spain
Interests: ionic liquids; additives; lubrication; coatings; physicochemical properties; experimental techniques in tribology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The scientific knowledge of the tribological behavior of coatings in lubricated contacts is of high industrial interest due to their daily use in mechanical components, machine tools, rolling mills, molds, guide rollers, pumps, valves, pistons, shirts, crankshafts, cams and axes, among others.

The possibility of reducing friction and wear in all these applications by improving lubrication conditions, would lead to a significant reduction of energy losses, resulting in savings in the consumption of fuels, raw materials and strategic materials in all sectors in which they are present. Due to the increasing requirements to guarantee the reliability of the tribological contacts working in extreme conditions, today special attention is given to the technology of surface treatments and coatings. Therefore, the coating chosen should adjust to the desired application based on its main properties, not only to improve the hardness of the materials, but also the characteristics of sliding, friction and self-lubrication in metal-metal contacts that can lead to seizures, adhesive wear or micro- welding.

Summarizing, current lubrication research that initially was more focused on the lubricant part should pay more attention to the tribological contact, especially considering the possibility of improving its anti-friction and anti-wear properties with the use of coated surfaces. This has caused that a new phase of research has emerged: combined use of coating and lubrication. This Special Issue, "Use of Coatings on Lubricated Surfaces" is aimed at such current developments in coatings for tribological applications with lubricated surfaces and contributions are welcome, from both researchers working in coatings technology and lubrication science.

Prof. Dr. José Luis Viesca
Dr. David Blanco
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Coatings

  • Lubricants

  • Lubricant additives

  • Self-lubrication

  • Tribology

  • Friction

  • Wear

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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