Tribology report

Citation

(1999), "Tribology report", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 51 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilt.1999.01851bab.015

Tribology report

1. 1.

   Advance notice

   The next ITC Tribology Council Meeting In Session will be on the eve of Tribology 2000 Plus at the Technische Akademie Esslingen by kind invitation of Professor Dr Bartz. Full details will be announced.

2. 2.

   ASME ­ Tribology Division

   The new Chairman of the Tribology Division of ASME is Said Jahanmir. He works at the National Institute of Science and Technology, Ceramics Division at Gaithersburg, Maryland USA.

   In his message to Members he outlines not merely the past but also the role of tribology in this technological revolution. For instance "the read/write head and the associated slider assembly used in the design of hard drives are tribological components".

   "If the past is an indication of what the future holds, it is clear that technological growth will continue at an even more astounding rate. As mechanical engineers and tribologists we must be ready for the inevitable change, and position ourselves for the future challenges".

   International activities which are now handled by the International Co-ordination Committee of the Tribology Division which is chaired by K. Dohda.

3. 3.

   ASME ­ Tribology Division and Research Committee on Tribology Merge

   Keywords ASME, Research, Tribology

   At a momentous meeting in Kansas City on 19 May 1997 the ASME Research Committee on Tribology (RCT), voted unanimously to dissolve itself and to become a Standing Committee within the Tribology Division. The RCT thereby leaves the Board on Research and Technology Development of ASME.

   The Research Committee was founded in 1915 as a Research Committee on Lubrication. Over the years it had a major influence on the subject of Tribology. It was through the foresight of RCT Members that Lubrication Division, the predecessors to the Tribology Division, was formed in the early 1950s. In addition to RCT to the Tribology Division will undoubtedly make the Division stronger in providing guidance for future tribology research.

   The purposes, structure and activities of the RCT will remain largely intact. They include the issuance of technical reports, organising of special work-shops at ASME conferences, assessment of recent developments in science and technology that relate to tribology, and sponsoring of major projects such as the WEAR Control Handbook.

   This joining of two important ASME Tribology Committees may be regarded as producing potentially one of the most powerful Tribology Groups in the world. It combines research and technology transfer in its widest sense.

   The ASME Tribology Division and the ASME Research Committee on Tribology are to be congratulated on this forward development.

   Copies of the Tribology Division Newsletter, edited by Tribology Gold Medallist, Professor Kenneth Ludema are available from Alex Majewski, ASME, 345 E 47th Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA.