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• - Provides details of the CRATER program, a European Union funded project aimed at developing a standard micro scale abrasion test procedure for evaluating the resistance to abrasive wear of both soft and hard coatings.
  
• - Consulting services provided in the areas of friction, wear, and lubrication.
  
• - A good access point to the tribological research activities of the NPL's Surface Technology Group. Information on publications and technical workshops is provided.
  
• - A useful source of precision ceramic balls for tribological test applications
  
• - Consultants with rolling element bearing design, failure analysis, and expert witness. Also, developers of bearing analysis software. Includes list of seminars and publications.
  
• - Provides engineering consulting support aimed at improving products by identifying, managing and running durability tests that accurately access the processes of wear and fatigue.
  
• - The NCT is set up to support industry through consultancy, research, development and training and is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists including experts in materials, failure analysis, surface engineering, corrosion, wear, m
  
• - Tribo-Fatigue - the science concerned with wear-fatigue damages and fractures of active systems of machines and equipment
  
• - The European expert cluster for friction, wear and lubrication, with partners all over Europe, helping industry to solve their friction and wear problems and develop new ideas.
  
• - The site is a short overview of Reynolds' lubrication theory based on physical arguments and order of magnitude analysis.
  
• - Provides links to key tribology research staff at the Woodruff School of Engineering
  
• - Tribology consultants focusing on design evaluation, failure investigation, engineering training and expert witness services.
  
• - Offering consulting services in tribological test design and the Plint range of tribology test machines and instruments
  
• - Research group on surface engineering and tribology. Investigating self-lubricating coatings and bulk materials, tribo-reactive materials, tribo-corrosion and fretting problems in engineering applications. Coordinator: Prof Dr Ir Jean-Pierre Celis
  
• - Access point for the TriCORR Network, which was established to link researchers interested in tribo-corrosion.
  
• - Research activities include development of materials (coatings and ceramics) and surface treatments for wear resistant and low friction surfaces. Consultancy and tribological testing services are also provided.
  
• - Surface characterisation by nano indentation and nano scratch method to determine hardness and adhesion of coating.
  
• - Offers short-term, collaborative tribology R&D projects with U.S. industry and universities through the HTML User Program at ORNL. Emphasis on tribo-testing materials and surface treatments.
  
• - Technical association providing industrial interchange of today's fast-moving developments in lubrication theory and practice.
  
• - Battelle's Tribology Group performs specialized testing, computational modeling and simulation analysis associated with tribological systems for various market sectors.
  
• - Interactive presentations, videos, and lectures on specialized topics in tribology.
  
• - A web site providing a forum for students and lecturers to share ideas on tribology research. The site also includes useful software for calculating a wide range tribological contact conditions.