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Tribology & Lubrication Technology
October 2019


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This issue of the digital TLT is sponsored by Pilot Chemical.
FEATURES

20 MINUTES
20 Minutes With Ken Hope
Chevron Phillips Chemical’s technical services manager discusses the future of synthetic lubricants.

WEBINARS
Digitalization strategies extend wind turbine life
Assets are managed more effectively with a two-sided digital platform similar to those used by Uber and Airbnb.

COVER STORY
Controlling surface topography
Snakes can teach us a thing or two about Amontons’ laws.


FEATURE
The fluid transmission
Today’s automatic transmission fluids are doing more than ever—with the challenge of EVs still ahead.

TECH BEAT I 

Robot powered by hydraulic/energy storage system
An almost entirely fluid system containing a redox flow battery with a liquid catholyte and a solid anode was used to power a robotic fish.

TECH BEAT II 

Challenges in implementing offshore wind power
The long-term availability of rare earth metals remains a concern.

TECH BEAT III 

Binding chloride anions
The molecule's rigidity was an important property that facilitated binding of chloride anions.

SOUNDING BOARD 

The efficacy of computer modeling
Please discuss the advantages of using computer modeling in your particular tribological application.

COLUMNS


PRESIDENT’S REPORT                                         

A change of view


FROM THE EDITOR

Spitball science


HEADQUARTERS REPORT

Everyone here is on your side

AUTOMOTIVE TRIBOLOGY

The write stuff

CUTTING EDGE

Cell death by sliding

MACHINERY

Energy-efficient hydraulic fluids