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World’s most powerful large-size bearing test centre in operation

05.10.2017 tribonet 300 Views

SKF has a broad portfolio of extremely powerful software for the calculation and simulation of all types of rolling bearings. Among these are highly complex systems, which can investigate bearing behaviour in a virtual environment: […]

Tribology of Earthquakes

19.08.2019 300 Views
Earthquakes are the sudden shaking of the ground caused by seismic waves passing through Earth’s rocks. These seismic waves occur when energy stored in the Earth’s crust is released suddenly, typically when large masses of [...]
Green sealing: 17th EDF-PPRIME Workshop Review

05.10.2018 300 Views
Every second year the EDF-PPRIME Workshop is dedicated to sealing technology. This week the 17th edition of this event was held at the EDF Lab Paris-Saclay focusing on minimizing both leakage and friction of rotary [...]
Triboelectric Generator to Power Smart Knee Implants

27.05.2019 300 Views
The word ‘smart’ in today’s world has to do with information technology and operating system. It is used in many fields of endeavor including medicine. IT-driven knee implants can soon become a treatment method, kudos [...]
How to get sprayed metal coatings to stick

04.12.2017 300 Views
Micrographs of a metal surface after impact by metal particles. Craters are formed due to melting of the surface from the impact. Image courtesy of the researchers. “When spraying metal coatings, melting hurts rather than [...]
How does roughness impact your EHD contact?

08.03.2021 300 Views
A bit of context Let’s say you want to design a new car but that you are a new car manufacturer. You can’t really step back and look at your previous experiences, so everything [...]