Tribology & Lubrication Technology
 August 2015

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FEATURES

20 MINUTES

20 Minutes With Bill Mallory, Jr.
The president and owner of Royal Mfg Co. discusses the evolution of lubricating greases, from primitive methods to modern formulation technologies.

WEBINARS

Selecting the right lubricant for rolling element bearings
Viscosity, grease, temperature and oil versus grease are key factors to consider when making your decision.

FEATURE ARTICLE 

Metal Corrosion Preventives: Protect Metal and Specific Applications
Government regulations make it more important than ever to understand how these vitally important additives are selected and evaluated.

TECH BEAT I 

Correlating modeling and experimental atomic friction results
Parallel replica dynamics slows down the modeling process and moving the sample instead of the AFM tip speeding up the experimental process to improve the correlation of the two methodologies.

TECH BEAT II 

Lightweight metal matrix syntactic foam
Researchers developed a metal matrix syntactic foam, prepared by a casting method, based on the magnesium alloy AZ91D and the filler silicon carbide.

TECH BEAT III 

Single-material lithium-ion battery
A single compound based on lithium, germanium, phosphorus and sulfur was used to prepare an all-solid-state lithium battery.

SOUNDING BOARD 

High-performance grease
What are the advantages of high-performance grease? What would promote greater industrial use of high-performance grease?

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