The Open Innovation Test Bed for Tribology
Since February 2023 an Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) dedicated to Tribology and Material Characterization is open for work, i-TRIBOMAT: The European Tribology Centre. Figure 1. i-TRIBOMAT: The European Tribology Centre. Ever-growing customer demands lead to tougher material requirements. New high-performing...
The GfT TriboSlam – be part of it this year!
Is Tribology boring? Can't a scientific conference be fun? Absolutely, yes! In 2023, the GfT Tribology Conference proved once again how much fun tribology is and how exciting research can be. The new format of science communication is derived from...
Interview to Dr. Hong Liang the new STLE president
Could you please tell us more about your tribology journey from a graduate student to now STLE president? My career in tribology started with graduate research. My thesis advisor, Professor Traugott Fischer, first introduced me to the field. STLE is...
Time for TBN (and all the rest)
TBN? What is that acronym? Is it on Google? Is it relevant for lubricant consumers to know? Why is TBN not displayed on a can of lube? Is TBN more relevant to specific operating conditions? What TBN should be present...
Graphene based metamaterials
Introduction Material science has always been the cornerstone of major technological developments of humankind. Achieving commercial flight capability, micro chips, space flight and deep sea exploration are in one way or the other interlinked with development of high grade advanced...
Everything is FAIR in research and tribology.
Introduction We live in an era of big data. Major corporations around the world are competing to collect data about their customers to provide better services to them and stay on top of the pyramid. Hot skills and niches related...
Battling electricity scarcity with Li – TENGs
INTRODUCTION Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have the potential to drive the future of electricity generation and nanotechnology. We already see studies aiming TENGs with innovation strategies like surface microstructure treatment, multilayer design and additive pump design in place, to maximize the...
Refurbishing disc brake rotors using laser cladding
Introduction Laser cladding is a surface treatment method used to refurbish discs brake rotors, which have wide range of applications in road, rail and aviation. A new surface layer will be added on the regions of interest to refurbish the...
Nanolubricants
Nanotechnology has gifted the mankind with particles which are much smaller yet more powerful as they exhibit superior mechanical, electrical, optical properties as compared to the micro particles. It has been reported that the bulk properties of materials can be...
Attend Tribology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2022
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. The GRS will be held...
