Industrial Lubrication and Tribology: Volume 52 Issue 6

Characterization and modelling of piston ring‐cylinder tribosystem microtopography in lubricated contact

A study of piston ring‐cylinder tribological behaviour under mixed lubrication mode is usually based upon data regarding surface contact magnitudes, fluid film characteristics and…

Short test procedures versus long time tests: new aspects

Lubricants are very complex mixtures of components. To predict their behaviour over a long time it is necessary to make a lot of machinery element tests. This paper tries to give…

On the shape of the lubricant film for the optimum performance of a longitudinal rough slider bearing

Efforts have been made to study the optimum film profile for a longitudinally rough slider bearing. The roughness of the bearing surface is modelled by stochastic random variable…

Modern heavy duty diesel engine cold start wear study

Increasingly stringent European market requirements for improved heavy duty diesel engine performance, such as fuel economy and durability, continue to highlight the need for…

Another bearing first from Glacier

New CD-ROM catalogue and selection guide includes Bruel & Kjaer and Endevco transducer and conditioning products

Tribology test instrumentation and services

A merging of two great traditions

McGean markets fastener lubricants in the UK

Retirement of Mr John F. Vickers as Chairman: appointment of Mr Peter Vickers

A new generation of non-chlorinated coolant

Linde's HPR-02 pumps offer greater swept volumes, lower cost and help overcome noise

Forthcoming events

Uniqema launches ArivaSol carrier fluid – high performance and low environmental impact

Coatresa shock absorber piston coatings win a top prize for innovation with Du Pont Teflon

Wyko introduces plastic bearing programme

K.S. Paul joins forces with Fuchs

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