20-year machine tribology veteran leads technical society as industry begins to emerge from Covid-19 pandemic Park Ridge, Illinois (May 17, 2022) ─ The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) — the technical society serving […]
Dear Colleagues: After being postponed due to COVID, the Tribology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) are back! They will both be held this summer at Bates College in Lewiston ME, USA. […]
Introduction Bearings can be considered as the most vital machine elements, with over 50 million of them being operated around the globe at any given time. In general most of these rolling bearings (which are […]
Research.com, a prominent academic platform for scientists, has just published the 2022 Edition of our Ranking of Top 1000 Scientists in the area of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Professor Izhak Etsion have ranked #183 in […]
From miniature camera lenses to colossal passenger aircraft, many of the demanding applications that support modern life rely on products that keep them functional in different and sometimes extreme weather conditions. For example, in frigid […]
Yes. You read that right! The necessity to act with climate consciousness, with ever increasing applications of wearable devices and daunting accumulation of e-wastes (which is 53.6 million tons in 2020 and estimated to be […]
The quest to find some new interesting topic to write about tribology, ended few days back when I came across an image with a tag “ROCK TRIBOLOGY”. A few clicks here and there on Google […]
Introduction Lubrication refers to interposition of solid, liquid or gaseous material in between surfaces of two material in contact to minimize friction and wear. All commercially available lubricants have additives in their formulation which enhance […]
Why to use food grade lubricants? The food processing industry relies on food grade lubricants and like any other industries has seen challenging times. With retailers constantly squeezing down prices to become highly competitive, growing […]
Corrosion as a phenomenon seems pretty common to us, yet it consume 6.2% GDP of the USA yearly. It is estimated that more than a whooping $270 billion dollars are spent in various ways to […]
