Overview
In 1966 the HMSO publication “Lubrication (Tribology) Education and Research,” better known as “The Jost Report,” identified that significant economic savings could be made by implementing good practice in tribology to reduce maintenance.
The report prompted worldwide, organisational and technological developments that reduced failures and increased efficiency of machines. Many were achieved as a consequence of improved capabilities of passive components, but this rate of improvement has slowed, suggesting a limit to progress.
This lecture will describe how machines of the future and tribological components can evolve to reduce maintenance requirements and make a quantum leap in performance by using sensors, embedded intelligence and communication capabilities.
Topics to be addressed include:
• Remote access to tribological components in machines
• Autonomous operation
• Tribotronics: employing feedback control to manage actuators
Presented by:
Professor Ian Sherrington, Director, Jost Institute for Tribotechnology, University of Central Lancashire