Collaborative Industrial research project 2017-2020
Defined outlay Rs. 27.435 lakh
Title of Project: Study of lubricant and application method for enhanced surface finish and reduced draw load on cold drawn steel tubes
Client organization: Tube Investments of India Ltd, Chennai (Murugappa Group)
Brief about the company
Tube Investments of India is a flagship company of multi billion dollar conglomerate of Murugappa Group. It is a market leader in the area high quality cold drawn welded (CDW) and electric resistance welded (ERW) tube products.
Through this project, three major alternative lubrication systems have been investigated for tube drawing process namely
- the use of tin based porous layer on tube surface to better retain lubricant,
- the use of solid tin layer as lubricant during tube drawing process
- the use of ultrasonic vibration for die and plug during tube drawing process
Improvements in the surface finish to the order of 40 percent have been achieved through these investigations.
PI
Dr. Varinder Singh, Dep of Mech Engg, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus
Co PI's:
Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta, Dep of Mech Engg, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Prof. Srinivas P Regala Dep of Mech Engg, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Dr. Tufan Chandra Bera, Dep of Mech Engg, BITS Pilani Pilani Campus
Mr. Mahesh Patil joined the project as JRF on Sep 6, 2017