Tribology & Lubrication Technology
June 2018

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This issue of the digital TLT is sponsored by Bruker.

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FEATURES

MARKET TRENDS
The evolving global bright stock market
As demand decreases, opportunities emerge for suppliers of alternate products.

20 MINUTES

20 Minutes With Robin Olson
This Rexnord executive works with experts on the American Gear Manufacturers Association to develop methods to predict the effect of gear lubrication on life.

COMMENTARY

Rational Rationality, Redux
Congress is considering action to reverse the effects of the Renewal Fuel Standard.

WEBINARS

Numerical modeling of tribological systems
Despite a few limitations, computer-aided modeling is a significant time- and money-saving option for lubrication engineers.

FEATURE ARTICLE 

The body mechanical
Inserting artificial joints into a biological environment can ignite the body’s ability to heal itself.

2016 TFC ABSTRACT HIGHLIGHTS 

Correlating local microstructure to local tribocorrosion behavior
By J. Michael Shockley, Derek J. Horton and Kathryn J. Wahl

INDUSTRY 

A tribute to the Father of Tribology: Professor H. Peter Jost
The contributions of this industry giant will never be forgotten.

TECH BEAT I 

Enhancing the rate of oxygen reduction in fuel cells
A new catalyst coating on the cathode reduced strontium migration.

TECH BEAT II 

Lithium-ion battery chemical reactions
Three-dimensional analysis was conducted to better understand how redox reactions are occurring in a lithium-ion battery.

TECH BEAT III 

Switchgrass: Potentially more sustainable source of biofuel
This perennial species of grass is well adapted to the climate and the landscape but not linked to the food chain.

SOUNDING BOARD
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