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Tribology & Lubrication Technology
January 2019


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This issue of the digital TLT is sponsored by the 2019 STLE Annual Meeting.
FEATURES

MARKET TRENDS
Supply exceeds demand in synthetic lubricants base stock market
But two major market trends continue to drive growth worldwide.


20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Louis Boschetti
This sales manager for Ocean State Oil discusses how the Digital Age keeps evolving the business environment for lubricant products.

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS
Life at the leading edge
STLE's 2018 Tribology Frontiers Conference focused on the link between innovation and application.

WEBINARS

Condition monitoring of metalworking fluids
A variety of tests are available to evaluate metalworking fluids.

COVER STORY

The tribology of electric vehicles
Four technical issues will determine the growth of this market. How our science is helping to solve them.

FEATURE ARTICLE

Squeezing energy from synthetics
With few easy answers left, formulators seek new ways to reduce frictional forces in engines and drivetrains.

TECH BEAT I 

Self-healing through carbon fixing material
Researchers find potential solution by observing how plants thrive in harsh conditions.

TECH BEAT II 

Better understanding of metal oxide films
Metal oxide film formation occurs as a nonequilibrium process with the oxide front moving through the metal alloy matrix at a specific velocity.

TECH BEAT III

Determining metal crystal structures using artificial intelligence
Machine learning-based approach accurately identifies symmetry of crystal structures containing defects.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Gear lubrication
Describe a lubricant problem in an industrial gear drive and how you solved it.

COLUMNS


PRESIDENT’S REPORT                                         

CONNECT. Learn. Achieve.


FROM THE EDITOR

The great silent salesman


HEADQUARTERS REPORT

The tribology train keeps rolling

CAREER COACH

Open the door with a powerful cover letter

ON CONDITION MONITORING

Complexity in ISFA: Part XLII

WORLDWIDE

The tribology of music