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Lubricants and Lubricating Systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 340-0573/01
Abbreviation MMS
Course title Lubricants and Lubricating Systems
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator Ing. Ladislav Hrabec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures
1. Basic concepts in the field of lubricants and lubrication processes, the distribution of lubricants and lubrication processes.
2. Lubricants - Classification of lubricants and their properties.
3. Environmentally degradable lubricants and additives for lubricants.
4 - 9. Tribometrie - tests of lubricants and their basic technical parameters.
10. Short-term lubrication systems and equipment.
11. Long-term lubrication systems and equipment.
12. Central lubrication systems.
13. Elements and equipment central lubrication systems.
14. Management of lubricants and lubrication service.

Practice
1. Initial test of knowledge.
2. Semester work - design solutions deleting the object.
3. Sampling of lubricants.
4 - 8. Laboratory works - testing of lubricants.
9 - 12. Lubrication system selected machinery.
13. Software solutions for lubrication.
14. Defense of semestral work.

Literature

STACHOWIAK, Gwidon W. Engineering tribology [online]. Fourth edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, [2014], ©2014 [cit. 2018-02-13]. ISBN 978-0-12-397776-2 . Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10764908.

Advised literature

BHUSHAN, Bharat. Introduction to tribology [online]. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013. Tribology series; Mar. 2013 [cit. 2018-02-13]. Dostupné z: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/natl/Doc?id=10657826.