Tribology & Lubrication Technology
 August 2011

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FEATURES

20 MINUTES

20 Minutes With Charles A. Gay
This 30-year training veteran and senior data analyst discusses strategies in testing and interpreting oil samples.

BEST PRACTICES

Building a Reliability Centered Lubrication program: Part II
Management support from all levels is needed to meet your program’s performance objectives.

COVER STORY 

Vibration Analysis: The other half of the equation
This proven condition monitoring method is an excellent complement to oil analysis in many applications.

TECH BEAT I 

Measuring Van der Waals forces more effectively
The new technique uses a beam of atoms incident on a nanograting.

TECH BEAT II 

Silver ionic liquids: Potential new solvents
The result could lead to a better way of separating olefins from paraffin-rich waste streams.

TECH BEAT III 

Natural rubber from dandelions
A Russian flower may hold the answer to a worldwide shortage.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Used oil analysis
Please describe an incident where used oil analysis averted a potentially serious problem.

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