Experimental Investigations into Wear Characteristics of M2 Steel Using Cotton Seed Oil

Vegetable oils have traditionally been applied in food uses but recent trends suggest their economic usefulness as industrial fluids. Increasing crude oil prices and emphasis on the development of renewable, environmentally friendly fluids have brought vegetable oils to a place of importance. As environment pollution and health problem became more and more seriously concerned, the use of environmentally friendly lubricants is strongly supported by political parties, regional and local governments. The objective of this work is to determine the influence of lubricant on wear and frictional force by using pin on disc machine with M2 HSS tool. Further an attempt has been made to identify the influence of cottonseed oil in reducing the wear and frictional force. The performance of cottonseed oil is also being compared with dry and wet conditions by using SAE 40 oil. The results indicated that in general, cottonseed oil performed better than the other two conditions in reducing wear and frictional force.