Description

This paper explores the role of surface tension in lubricant wetting. By examining wetting behaviors on a variety of surfaces commonly found in wire machines, one can explore possible failure modes for lubrication and detergency in wiredrawing lubricants. The du Noüy ring method is used to measure the surface tensions of two chemically unique lubricants. Contact angle measurements are used to explore the wetting of the two materials on the various surfaces found in a wet wire drawing machine.