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Falex Tribology in EU projects

Friction and wear - evaluation of new materials for energy, life and the
promotion of nanomaterials

Dr. Satish Achanta

sachanta@falex.eu
(Dr. Dirk Drees)
(ddrees@falex.eu)

Falex Tribology
Your partner for friction, wear
and lubrication related questions

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Falex develop test equipment

Falex provide testing services for industry
SME provides testing solutions to some of the
largest companies in the world :

Automotive
Petrochemical
Aerospace

Numbers 2 to 10 of the ForbesGlobal500

Royal Dutch Shell
BP
DaimlerChrysler
Toyota Motors
ChevronTexaco

ExxonMobil
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
General Electric
Volkswagen AG
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TRIBOLOGY

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Tribology = friction, wear and lubrication

Material testing
related to degradation of (nano)coatings, surface properties

Activities
Testing capabilities : contract testing, feasibility, procedure
development
Consulting : research project, testing approach
Test equipment : development, sales, technical support

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Simulation

How to simulate

Complexity of tribology

Pedigree

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Experience in EU Projects since 1990 (FP4)

TiN-coatings FP4
Erebio Environmentally Friendly lubrication - FP5
Rheofilm Development of microtribometer-rheometer - FP5
Newbone Load bearing FR resin implants human body - FP6
Supersonic Cold gas deposited nanostructured coatings - FP7
VacuumDLC DLC coating development for vacuum - Eurostars
Tribostand Standardisation of test procedures Eureka Eniwep
Nanocoat Nanostructured Al2O3 (anodisation) Research for SME
Tabre Measure and reduce abrasion damage by packaging
material Eureka

Flemish programs
IWT : Development of fretting tester, Tribocorrosion
IWT : Friction Modifier additives development and test procedure
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Multistation

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Open Platform - Combinatorial

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4-station Platform

Better drives and sensors than current technology

Multiple stations (up to 4)
combining test + characterisation (profilometer, microscope...)
High efficiency in testing

Contact pressure

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illustration : Piston Simulator

testing production piston rings-cylinder liner contact
low wear : RadioNuclide Tracer Technology
friction improvement material wear

Specialties

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Friction and wear reliability testing

New lubricants and materials to reduce friction
Evaluation of coatings and surface treatments
Biomaterials testing

Fretting
Tribocorrosion
Multistation approaches

Partners sought

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Consortia projects specific need for tribology testing for

materials screening and industrial valorisation
R&D ------- Falex ------- Industry

Interest in build up of expert system for materials selection

in tribological applications
SME R&D IND
Link between research-development and validation in
industry
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Thank you for your attention

Only one thing to remember :
Tribology = falex.eu

sachanta@falex.eu
ddrees@falex.eu
www.falex.eu

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