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February 2023

 


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FEATURES

20 MINUTES (STLE MEMBER BONUS CONTENT)
20 Minutes With Khalid Malik
This mechanical engineer with Ontario Power Generation discusses turbine oils and how he evolved in the industry.

COVER STORY
Grease inventory consolidation: How far can you go?
Many interacting factors go into finding the sweet spot between single-purpose greases for every application and a few multipurpose greases that don’t quite fit any application.

FEATURE
The development of sustainable base oils and a sustainable market
As demand increases for sustainable lubricants, base oil developers are innovating to accommodate the growing market.

WEBINAR
Violin strings and the tribology of rosin

Creating computer models that are useful to musicians presents some unique tribological challenges.

LUBRICATION FUNDAMENTALS 

What about viscosity?
Our everyday experiences can help us define and understand viscosity.


20 MINUTES 
20 Minutes With Rebecca Warden
This senior research engineer with Chevron Oronite discusses electric vehicles and mechanical engineering.

TECH BEAT I 

Charging electric vehicle batteries in 10 minutes
This process is accomplished through rapid heating at 60-65 C followed by rapid cooling to 40 C.

TECH BEAT II 

Lightweight paint
This paint exhibits comparable solar reflectance but produces a much thinner coating leading to a reduction in weight.

TECH BEAT III 

Electrolysis of carbon dioxide
Researchers have prepared a continuous reactor that can convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with a yield that is 10 times higher than previously reported.

SOUNDING BOARD 

Gears and gear lubrication
Readers share their insights on gears and gear lubrication.

COLUMNS


PRESIDENT’S REPORT                                         

Relics


FROM THE EDITOR

Vegetable oils under a microscope


HEADQUARTERS REPORT

Talent shortage struggles?

AUTOMOTIVE TRIBOLOGY

Space and cars

CUTTING EDGE

Turning simulations into formulae by machine learning

MACHINERY
Forever chemicals