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The correct lubricant: a practical guide to choose lubricating oil

02.06.2017 tribonet

‘The correct lubricant’ covers basic practical information about lubricants in automotive and industrial areas. It is written for users of lubricants, giving only what is essential to know and useful for them. It could also […]

Can we please get rid of the toxic copper in brake pads?

21.12.2020

Whatever humanity does today, it does it on a very large scale. And the consequences are large as well! In the automotive area, I was clearly aware of CO2 emissions and global warming issues. A [...]
A beginners guide to grease

17.08.2021

Grease definition The word grease is derived from an old French word “Graisse” meaning thick or fat. A grease is a solid to semi-solid product of suspension of thickener into a liquid lubricant. Grease composition [...]
Friction Velocity Dependence - Breaking Friction Laws

06.03.2017

Controlling friction is one of the main goals in modern tribology. Due to complexity of the tribological processes, up to date the problem remains mainly unsolved. While classical tribology relies on the famous friction laws, [...]
Modeling the friction between pages in a book

19.07.2021

It all started with a shaky washing machine. Pedro Reis, head of the Flexible Structures Laboratory at EPFL’s School of Engineering, rolled up a piece of fabric and placed it under the machine to stop [...]
The correct lubricant: a practical guide to choose lubricating oil

02.06.2017

‘The correct lubricant’ covers basic practical information about lubricants in automotive and industrial areas. It is written for users of lubricants, giving only what is essential to know and useful for them. It could also [...]

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