posted on 1999-01-01, 00:00authored byJoseph. Lanzon
The overall aim of this research was to identify a technique for developing lubricant formulations that are insensitive to the sheet metal forming progess. The correlation between production performance and laboratory tests (which are cheaper and more time efficient) was found to be test dependent. It is strongly believed that if the lubricant evaluation procedure highlighted in this research is followed then lubricant formulations can be developed confidently in the laboratory.