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Tribology & Lubrication Technology
July 2020


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This issue of the digital TLT is sponsored by Drive 75.

FEATURES

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Ted McClure
Sea-Land Chemical’s technical resources manager discusses the future of metalforming lubricants.

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS
Extending the service life of engine oils
Developing cost-effective analysis programs can maximize oil life to improve your maintenance operations.

WEBINARS

Lubrication and tribology trends and challenges in electric vehicles
Tribology will play an increasingly important role in future EV technology.

FEATURE ARTICLE

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global lubricants industry
This rapidly evolving virus could have long-lasting consequences on the lubricants and oil markets.

TECH BEAT I 

Maintaining power grids
Island microgrids now have the ability to operate in an eco mode maximizing distribution of power for longer time periods.

TECH BEAT II 

Negative thermal expansion
The mechanism for how golden samarium sulfide undergoes negative thermal expansion has been determined.

TECH BEAT III

New approach for producing MXenes
A non-aqueous procedure expands the potential applications for MXenes.


SOUNDING BOARD 

Environmentally friendly fluids
What research would you launch to make lubricants and other fluids more environmentally friendly?

COLUMNS


PRESIDENT’S REPORT                                         

Policies and procedures


FROM THE EDITOR

The path of less resistance


HEADQUARTERS REPORT

Want to be an MVP at work?

CAREER COACH

Lubricant industry feeling the disruptions
of COVID-19

WORLDWIDE

Snakes and friction