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What Makes Even the Sharpest Razors to Become Dull When Shaving

07.12.2020 Dr. Aydar Akchurin 723 Views

We rely on sharp blades in our daily lives for domestic purposes, medical use, the food and catering sector, agricultural and industrial applications and everything in between. There are no corners of our society that […]

Small flying robots pull objects up to 40 times their weight using adhesion

03.12.2018 395 Views

Researchers from EPFL and Stanford have developed small drones that can land and then move objects that are 40 times their weight, with the help of powerful winches, gecko adhesives and microspines. A closed door [...]
From the Climate Change to the Atomic Scale Friction: Contact Mechanics Workshop Summary

11.11.2019 973 Views

This is a summary of International Workshop: Contact Mechanics and Friction – Foundations and Applications that was organized by Professor Popov and his group at TU Berlin on 13-17 October 2019. The workshop held this [...]
What contributes to thicker grease films ?

27.09.2016 274 Views

A rolling bearing preferably runs under EHL conditions. The film thickness between the rolling elements and the rings is determined by the lubricant properties, operating conditions and bearing design. During the initial phase of operation, [...]
Surface a Key Element in Robotic Fingers

22.10.2018 780 Views

Picking up a pen off a desk and writing with it might seem easy to you, but it’s no small feat to a robot. For one thing, once you pick up the pen, you then [...]
Tribological testing of materials for automotive industry

26.06.2017 1,275 Views

Quality Magazine have published an article about using benchtop mechanical testing to assess materials in the automotive industry, saving time and money. Full scale tests are often used to test the frictional behaviour of materials, [...]