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February 2022


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FEATURES

20 MINUTES (STLE MEMBER BONUS CONTENT)

20 Minutes With Bridget Dubbert
This technical director for Engineered Lubricants discusses her career in the lubrication and metalworking industry.


20 MINUTES

20 Minutes With Dirk Drees
This CEO of Falex Tribology discusses his career in engineering and research and how he got into tribology.

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Sunil Mohan
This professor at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) discusses his research in aluminum-based materials and his future plans for developing sustainable material for tribological applications. 

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS
Air entrainment, aeration, cavitation and foaming: How are they related?
There are many causes and solutions to this foaming issue.
WEBINAR
Industry 4.0
Looking into tribology-aware design for additive manufacturing in energy and bioengineering systems.

COVER STORY
Artificial intelligence for real-world mechanical systems
Artificial intelligence offers a wealth of resources for solving complex problems, but accurate predictions and understandable results still require human participation.

FEATURE ARTICLE
Acceleration to lubricants sustainability
Experts discuss sustainable base oils, which assist with greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

TECH BEAT I

Battery cathode recycling: Froth flotation
A commonly used technique for separating minerals has been applied to separate two cathode materials.

TECH BEAT II

Electronic waste recycling using new thermal technique
After metals are removed from electronic waste, by flash Joule heating, they can be isolated by a leaching process using dilute acids.

TECH BEAT III

Performance of recycled cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries
The U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles protocol was used to evaluate recycled cathode materials.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Lubrication fundamentals
Readers share their insights on developing a lubrication program.

COLUMNS


PRESIDENT’S REPORT                                         

First day? Information, please!


FROM THE EDITOR

The human factor in measurements


HEADQUARTERS REPORT

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AUTOMOTIVE TRIBOLOGY

The Monroney label

CUTTING EDGE
Friction and the physics of finger snaps

MACHINERY
U.S. passenger car engine oil specifications