Tribology & Lubrication Technology
August 2023

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FEATURES

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS (STLE MEMBER BONUS CONTENT)
Tribology and sustainability: How you can integrate them into your plant reliability program
A world-class lubrication reliability program can improve equipment uptime and provide cost savings while improving the sustainability of a site.

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Stephen Hsu
This professor at George Washington University discusses lubrication fundamentals and friction polymers.

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With David L. Wooton
This consultant discusses oil analysis and his greatest accomplishments in his 45-year career in the industry.

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS

Hydraulics: Accumulators and filters
Hydraulic fluid energy can be stored in accumulators, while filters protect from contamination.

WEBINAR 

Tribology-by-Design
This breakthrough concept has unlimited engineering applications. 

COVER STORY

Predictive maintenance: When does it make sense?
For large operations and critical systems, a well-strategized investment in an integrated system of human and digital resources can be well worth the effort.

FEATURE
Design requirements and challenges for single electric vehicle fluids
Industry experts share their knowledge on current single-use electric vehicle fluids requirements, chemistry and related challenges to testing and components designs.

TECH BEAT I

Tribology of eating chocolate
A three-fold increase in the coefficient of friction occurs during the oral processing of chocolate.

TECH BEAT II

Superconducting highway
Researchers developed a concept that has the long-term potential to significantly reduce the consumption of the fossil fuels causing climate change.

TECH BEAT III 

Flameless industrial gas oven
Impingement of air and gas at a rate approaching the speed of sound produces almost complete combustion.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Metalworking fluids
Readers share their insights on metalworking fluids.

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