Development of friction force model for mineral oil basestock containing palm olein and antiwear additive

Palm oil is also another choice of vegetable that is being eyed as a potential vegetable oil in the lubricating area. This paper presents a study of the development of a fiction force model for mineral oil basestock containing palm olein, and antiwear amine phosphate as additive, tested on a four-ball tribotester. The model is developed using terms of wear load, speed and operating time. These variables were investigated using the design of experiments and utilization of the response surface methodology (RSM). Moreover, the effect of palm oil on wear scars of material tested was also discussed. This paper shows palm olein itself indeed is a good antiwear lubricant compared to mineral oil basestock (SN500), but the use of additives shows an increase in better lubrication as smaller wear scars are found out from using palm olein in the test runs.