Friction, Lubrication, and Wear in the Material Forming Process

Dear Colleagues,

Forming processes are characterized by severe contact conditions and high requirements on the process stability. Furthermore, in many cases, the frictional behaviour in the process is an important factor in controlling the forming process. Given the current developments towards sustainability, novel processes have become important, for example, forming processes operating at elevated temperatures to improve the product strength and reduce its weight. In these processes, the friction control and prediction are of the utmost importance.

Furthermore, it is important to reduce tool wear as this will negatively affect the process stability and surface quality of the products made. More severe contact conditions and the use of new materials also come with the development and use of novel lubricants and lubricant systems, which need novel approaches for their characterization and to understand their behaviour in forming processes via new friction/wear models.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your contribution to the Special Issue titled “Friction, Lubrication, and Wear in the Material Forming Process”. This Special Issue aims to bring together current research in the area of tribological aspects of forming processes, such as sheet metal forming, forging, sheet metal bulk forming, and micro-forming.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following themes:

• Friction models for forming processes;
• Experimental studies on friction/wear in forming processes;
• Novel lubricant systems and their characterizations;
• Tool wear;
• Surface engineering and control of friction/wear in cold/warm/hot forming.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Matthijn B. De Rooij
Dr. Javad Hazrati
Guest Editors

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• forming processes
• tribology
• friction
• wear
• lubrication