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Issue | Date | Lube-Tech | Subject | Article title(s) | Credited Authors | Company |
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184 | Dec 2024 | 155 |
Friction Modifiers |
Dr. Raj Shah Nicholas Douglas |
Koehler Instrument Company |
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183 | Oct 2024 | 154 |
Ester Base Oils |
Martin Greaves, Jeff DiMaio, Michelle DiMaio, Zach Hunt & Ben Bergmann |
VBASE Oil Company |
|
182 | Aug 2024 | 153 |
Hydrogen Wear |
Leyla Alieva Dr. Sergei Mamykin |
NEOL Copper Technologies. |
|
181 | Jun 2024 | 152 |
Mixed and boundary lubrication |
Prof. R.I. Taylor |
Jost Institute for Tribotechnology, University of Central Lancashire |
|
180 | Apr 2024 | 151 |
Lubricant Additives |
David Boudreau Sr |
Vanderbilt Chemicals LLC |
|
179 | Feb 2024 | 150 |
Testing and Monitoring |
Raj Shah Mrinaleni Das Nicholas Douglas Palaknoor Kaur |
Koehler Instrument Company, Inc. |
|
178 | Dec 2023 | 149 |
Top of rail materials |
Marc Ingram Matt Smeeth Anup Chalisey |
Ingram Tribology Ltd. PCS Instruments Ltd. Rail Safety & Standards Board UK |
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177 | Sep 2023 | 148 |
Locomotive Lubricants |
Dr. Raj Shah Dr. Najeeb Kuzhiyil Dr. Jerainne Heywood Ms. Mrinaleni Das |
Koehler Instrument Company Inc. ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company Wabtec Corporation |
|
176 | Aug 2023 | 147 |
Analysis |
Christoph J. Rohbogner |
OELCHECK GmbH |
|
175 | Jun 2023 | 146 |
Sustainable lubrication |
Lou Honary |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing, Inc. |
|
174 | Mar 2023 | 145 |
Metal Removal Fluids |
John M. Burke |
Quaker Houghton |
|
173 | Feb 2023 | 144 |
Esters Base Oils |
Martin Greaves Zach Hunt Jeffrey DiMaio |
VBASE Oil Company |
|
172 | Dec 2022 | 143 |
Additives |
Brajendra K. Sharma & Sevim Z. Erhan |
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor |
|
171 | Sep 2022 | 142 |
Testing and monitoring |
Frederik van de Voort Daniel Furness Sian Atherinos Michael Viset |
McGill IR Group, McGill University Coopers Plains QLD |
|
170 | Aug 2022 | 141 |
Testing and Monitoring Electrified Vehicles |
Matt Jackson |
Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) |
|
169 | Jun 2022 | 140 |
Varnish |
Elaine A. Hepley |
POLARIS Laboratories® |
|
168 | Apr 2022 | 139 |
Thermal Fluids |
Nicolas Champagne |
TotalEnergies |
|
167 | Feb 2022 | 138 |
Ester base oils |
Dr. Hermann Josef Stolz Dr. Wilhelm Huber Dr. Martina Mennicken-Meuthen Denise Weber |
Peter Greven GmbH & Co.KG |
|
166 | Dec 2021 | 137 |
Re-refining Marine Lubricants |
Vincent Bouillon |
BFB OIL RESEARCH S.A |
|
165 | Oct 2021 | 136 |
Additives Greases |
Mehdi Fathi-Najafi |
Nynas AB |
|
164 | Aug 2021 | 135 |
Biodegradable lubricants |
Martin Kingsley |
Argent Energy Ltd |
|
163 | Jun 2021 | 134 |
Testing and Monitoring |
Frederik van de Voort Michael Viset |
McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
|
162 | Apr 2021 | 133 |
Automotive PCEO |
Peter Lee Boris Zhmud |
Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), San Antonio, Texas, USA BIZOL Germany GmbH, |
|
161 | Feb 2021 | 132 |
Biobased-Biodegradable Greases |
Lou Honary |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing, Inc. |
|
160 | Dec 2020 | 131 |
Estolides |
Dr. Hermann-Josef Stolz Dr. Wilhelm Huber Nadine Flügel, |
Peter Greven GmbH & Co.KG |
|
159 | Oct 2020 | 130 |
Tribology |
Mathias Woydt Ameneh Schneider |
MATRILUB Optimol Instruments |
|
158 | Aug 2020 | 129 |
Greases |
Liwen Wei |
Novitas Chem Solutions |
|
157 | Jun 2020 | 128 |
Automatic Transmission Fluid |
Raj Shah, Ken Hope, Anson Law |
Koehler Instrument Company Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP |
|
156 | Apr 2020 | 127 |
Biobased Lubricants |
Lou Honary |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing, Inc. |
|
155 | Feb 2020 | 126 |
Esters |
Kevin Duncan Nick Weldon |
Croda Europe Ltd |
|
154 | Dec 2019 | 125 |
Naphthenic Oils |
Mehdi Fathi-Najafi and Jinxia Li Yijun Shi, Luleå |
Nynas AB, Sweden University of Technology, Sweden |
|
153 | Oct 2019 | 124 |
Cylinder oils for sulphur fuels |
Harriet Brice and Ian Bown |
Lubrizol |
|
152 | Aug 2019 | 123 |
Microwave Grease Processing |
Lou Honary |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing, Inc. |
|
151 | Jun 2019 | 122 |
Varnishes |
Sam Keating |
Hydac |
|
150 | Apr 2019 | 121 |
Ester Base Oils |
Dr. Herman-Josef Stolz, Dr. Martina Mennicken-Meuthen, |
Peter Greven GmbH & Co.KG |
|
149 | Feb 2019 | 120 |
Antioxidants, Group I and II Base Oils |
Joshua Jurs |
Vanderbilt Chemicals LLC |
|
148 | Dec 2018 | 119 |
Base oils |
Prof. Thomas Norrby and Dr. Ann-Louise Jonsson |
Nynas AB |
|
147 | Oct 2018 | 118 |
Biobased Lubricants |
Dr. Lou Honary |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing, Inc. |
|
146 | Aug 2018 | 117 |
Adhesive properties testing |
Susanne Beyer-Faiß |
Dr. Tillwich, GmbH Werner Stehr |
|
145 | Jun 2018 | 116 |
Testing/Monitoring |
Svajus Joseph Asadauskas |
FTMC Tribology Laboratory, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology |
|
144 | Apr 2018 | 115 |
Lubricating greases |
Edward Casserly, Ph.D., Timothy Langlais, MBA, and Staci P. Springer, MBA, in cooperation with Anoop Kumar, Ph.D. and Bill Mallory |
ERGON REFINING, Inc., Royal Manufacturing Company |
|
143 | Feb 2018 | 114 |
Hydraulic fluids |
Emmanuel Georgiou, Dirk Drees, Michel De Bilde and Michael Anderson |
Falex |
|
142 | Dec 2017 | 113 |
Automotive |
Dr Edward ‘Ted’ Wright |
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141 | Oct 2017 | 112 |
Synthetic Esters / Greases |
S. Lucazeau |
NYCO |
|
140 | Aug 2017 | 111 |
Maintenance |
Praveen Nagpal |
Shell |
|
139 | Jun 2017 | 110 |
Additives – Friction Modifiers |
John Eastwood |
Croda |
|
138 | Apr 2017 | 109 |
Metalworking Fluids |
Dr Amit Bhattacharya and Debasis Senapati |
Dow Microbial Control |
|
137 | Feb 2017 | 108 |
Greases |
Peter Pratelli and Don Oldiges |
Jet-Lube |
|
136 | Dec 2016 | 107 |
Tribocorrosion |
Emmanual Georgiou and Dirk Drees |
Falex Tribology N.V. |
|
135 | Oct 2016 | 106 |
Polymer Tribology |
Malcolm Fox |
School of Mechanical |
|
134 | Aug 2016 | 105 |
Powertrain Systems |
Jisheng E |
GKN Driveline Technology Centre |
|
133 | Jun 2016 | 104 |
Drill Rod Lubricants |
Lou Honary |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing Inc. |
|
132 | Apr 2016 | 103 |
Biorefining |
Jonathan A. Brekan and Gregory E. Gerhardt |
Elevance Renewable Sciences |
|
131 | Feb 2016 | 102 |
Synthetic esters |
Siegfried Lucazeau |
NYCO |
|
130 | Dec 2015 | 101 |
Grease |
Lou Honary and John Sander |
Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing Inc. and Technology Lubrications Engineers Inc. |
|
129 | Oct 2015 | 100 |
Esters |
John Eastwood |
Croda Lubricants |
|
128 | Aug 2015 | 99 |
Fuel economy |
Anne Young |
Infineum |
|
127 | Jun 2015 | 98 |
Condition monitoring |
Craig Winterfield and Frederik van de Voort |
Fluid Life, McGill University and Thermal Lube |
|
126 | Apr 2015 | 97 |
Grease additives |
Aili Ma, Minli Gu, Junbing Yao and Ruiming ÛÏRayÛ Zhang |
Vanderbilt |
|
125 | Feb 2015 | 96 |
Long life lubricants |
Joerg Reher, Thijs Schasfoort and Richard Holdsworth |
Shell |
|
124 | Dec 2014 | 96 |
Long life lubricants |
Joerg Reher, Thijs Schasfoort and Richard Holdsworth |
Shell |
|
123 | Oct 2014 | 95 |
Grease |
Siegfried Lucazeau |
NYCO |
|
122 | Aug 2014 | 94 |
Grease |
Ren̩ Westbroek |
Axel Christiernsson |
|
121 | Jun 2014 | 93 |
Blending |
Boris Zhmud |
Sveacon Consulting |
|
120 | Apr 2014 | 92 |
Friction modifiers |
Ian Hobday and John Eastwood |
Croda Lubricants |
|
119 | Feb 2014 | 91 |
Tackiness evaluation |
Daniel M Vargo, Oriol Ribera Serra and Brian M Lipowski |
Functional Products |
|
118 | Dec 2013 | 90 |
Oil soluble polyalkylene glycols |
Martin R. Greaves |
The Dow Chemical Company |
|
117 | Oct 2013 | 89 |
Air release and foaming |
Thomas Dopichay, Johannes Untch, Prof. Thorsten Lang Braunschweig, Dr. Robert Rahmfeld and Ahmet Guven |
Shell |
|
116 | Aug 2013 | 89 |
Air release and foaming |
Thomas Dopichay, Johannes Untch, Prof. Thorsten Lang Braunschweig, Dr. Robert Rahmfeld and Ahmet Guven |
Shell |
|
115 | Jun 2013 | 88 |
Base oils |
Luis Bastardo-Zambrano and Mehdi Fathi-Najafi |
Nynas AB |
|
114 | Apr 2013 | 87 |
Additives |
Shyam Prasad |
Afton Chemical Ltd |
|
113 | Feb 2013 | 86 |
Wind turbine gear oils |
Wolfgang Bock and Henrik Heinemann |
Fuchs Lubricants |
|
112 | Dec 2012 | 85 |
Wind turbine gear oils |
Wolfgang Bock and Henrik Heinemann |
Fuchs Lubricants |
|
111 | Oct 2012 | 84 |
Re-refining |
Joshua H. Park and Louis M. Magnabosco |
CEP Technology |
|
110 | Aug 2012 | 83 |
Boric acic derivatives |
Steven Anderson |
Afton Chemical Ltd |
|
109 | Jun 2012 | 82 |
Environment and sustainability |
Apu Gosalia, Rod Parker |
Fuchs Lubricants |
|
108 | Apr 2012 | 81 |
Natural antioxidants oxidation stability |
R.Kreivaitis, J.Padgurskas, K.Kazancev, M.Gumbyte and E.Dambrauskiene |
Aleksandras Stulginskis University |
|
107 | Feb 2012 | 80 |
Blending |
Alan Outhwaite, Brent Lok, Katty Hoste and Lawrence Wong |
Chevron Base Oils |
|
106 | Dec 2011 | 79 |
1. Synthetic base oils 2. Storage and containment |
1. Sandy Reid-Peters 2. David Lummis |
1. ExxonMobil 2. BSIF |
|
105 | Oct 2011 | 78 |
Infineum trends |
Rod Parker |
UKLA |
|
104 | Aug 2011 | 77 |
Oil soluble polyalkylene glycols |
Martin R. Greaves |
The Dow Chemical Company |
|
103 | Jun 2011 | 76 |
Metalworking fluids |
David J. Neadle |
Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group |
|
102 | Apr 2011 | 75 |
Environment and sustainability |
Boris Zhmud |
Applied Nano Surfaces AB |
|
101 | Feb 2011 | 74 |
Synthetic base oils |
Sandy Reid-Peters |
ExxonMobil |
|
100 | Dec 2010 | 73 |
Metalworking fluid |
David J. Neadle |
Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group |
|
99 | Oct 2010 | 72 |
Infineum trends |
Rod Parker |
UKLA |
|
98 | Aug 2010 | 71 |
Infineum trends |
Rod Parker |
UKLA |
|
97 | Jun 2010 | 70 |
1. REACH 2. Bearing shell design |
1. Howard Hayes 2. Unknown |
1. ATIEL 2. Fedreal Mogul |
|
96 | Apr 2010 | 69 |
Base oil review 2009 |
Steve Ames |
SBA Consulting |
|
95 | Feb 2010 | 68 |
Lubricating composites |
Prof. Albert Pogosian |
BALTTRIB / University of Armenia |
|
94 | Dec 2009 | 67 |
Metalworking fluids |
David J. Neadle |
Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group |
|
93 | Oct 2009 | 66 |
Grease |
Chuck Coe |
ExxonMobil |
|
92 | Aug 2009 | 65 |
Boric acic derivatives |
John BeliÌÇn, Michiel van Breemen, Johan Hooijman and Ton van der Kaaij |
Quaker BV |
|
91 | Jun 2009 | 64 |
1. REACH 2. Automotive oils |
1. Paul Whitehead 2. Unknown |
1. Castrol Industrial Lubricants 2. Millers Oils |
|
90 | Apr 2009 | 63 |
Biodiesel |
Dr. Isabella Goldmints |
Infineum |
|
89 | Feb 2009 | 62 |
Base oils |
Boris Zhmud and Michel Roegiers |
E-ION s.a. |
|
88 | Dec 2008 | 61 |
Vegetable oils |
Boris Zhmud |
E-ION s.a. |
|
87 | Oct 2008 | 60 |
Grease |
Valentina Serra-Holm |
Nynas AB |
|
86 | Aug 2008 | 59 |
1. Metalworking fluids 2. Fluorinated lubricants 3. Biodiesel |
1. Michael Scholz 2. Unknown 3. Unknown |
1. Lubrizol |
|
85 | Jun 2008 | 58 |
1. Friction modifiers 2. Nanotechnology-based solid lubricants |
1. Frank J. DeBlase 2. Unknown |
1. Chemtura 2. Multisol and ApNano Materials |
|
84 | Apr 2008 | 57 |
1. Metalworking fluids 2. Maintenance |
1. Bert Boomkamp, Eckhard Heisler and Menk Prinsen 2. Rob Profilet |
1. Cimcool Industrial Products B.V. And Evonik Stockhausen GmbH 2. Lubrizol
|
|
83 | Feb 2008 | 56 |
1. Hydraulic fluids 2. REACH |
1. Unknown 2. Unknown |
1. Dynavis and RohMax 2. Chemical Business Association |
|
82 | Dec 2007 | 55 |
Biodegradable Lubricants |
A. Igartua, J. Terradillos, O. Areitioaurtena, A. Marcaide and X. FernÌÁndez |
TENNIKER |
|
81 | Oct 2007 | 54 |
REACH |
Rod Parker |
BLF |
|
80 | Aug 2007 | 53 |
REACH |
Rod Parker |
BLF |
|
79 | Jun 2007 | 52 |
Cutting fluids |
Dr. Christel Adomat, Dr. Joachim Kremer and Dr. Henry Rossmaier |
Henkel |
|
78 | Apr 2007 | 51 |
REACH |
Malcolm Pollard |
Baytouch Ltd |
|
77 | Feb 2007 | 50 |
REACH |
Reinhard Wierling |
Mahle |
|
76 | Dec 2006 | 49 |
1. Hydraulic fluids 2. Automotive lubricants |
1. David Oesterle 2. Nathalie Gerard |
1. Lubrizol 2. Dow Corning |
|
75 | Oct 2006 | 48 |
1. Micro-biologically influenced corrosion inhibition 2. Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEO) |
1. Prof. Florian Mansfeld and Esra Kus 2. Dr. Simone Hoffmann-Dörr and Dr. Andreas Willing |
1. USC Viterbi School of Engineering 2. Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG |
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74 | Aug 2006 | 47 |
1. Health and safety 2. Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEO) |
1. Rod Parker 2. Dr. Simone Hoffmann-Dörr and Dr. Andreas Willing |
1. BLF 2. Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG |
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73 | Jun 2006 | 46 |
REACH |
Derek J Knight |
Safepharm Laboratories Ltd |
|
72 | Apr 2006 | 45 |
REACH |
Derek J Knight |
Safepharm Laboratories Ltd |
|
71 | Feb 2006 | 44 |
1. Grease 2. Base oils 3. Health and safety 4. Health and safety 5. Health and safety |
1. Ben Huiskamp 2. Adrian Brown 3. Rod Parker 4. Rod Parker 5. Rod Parker |
1. SKF 2. ICIS 3. BLF 4. BLF 5. BLF |
|
70 | Dec 2005 | 43 |
1. Maintenance 2. Hydraulic fluids 3. Health and safety 4. Lubrication decisions |
1. Dr Debasish Mukherjee 2. Unknown 3. Robert Stubbs 4. Jim Fitch |
1. Tractors India Ltd 2. mehf 3. UEIL Health and Environment Committee / Polartech 4. Noria |
|
69 | Oct 2005 | 42 |
Transmission fluids |
Unknown |
Allison Transmission |
|
68 | Aug 2005 | 41 |
1. Transmission fluids 2. Maintenance 3. Hazardous waste regulation |
1. Unknown 2. Jim Fitch 3. Unknown |
1. Allison Transmission 2. Noria 3. DEFRA |
|
67 | Jun 2005 | 40 |
1. Transmission fluids 2. Maintenance |
1. Unknown 2. Drew Troyner |
1. Allison Transmission 2. Noria |
|
66 | Apr 2005 | 39 |
1. Equipment maintenance 2. Grease |
1. Martin Williamson 2. W. Moller |
1. Noria 2. ELGI |
|
65 | Feb 2005 | 38 |
1. Equipment maintenance 2. Hydraulic fluids 3. Packaging and labelling |
1. Martin Williamson 2. Unknown 3. Unknown |
1. Noria 2. Unknown 3. HSE |
|
64 | Dec 2004 | 37 |
1. Maintenance 2. Cargo insurance, UK regulations 3. Health and safety |
1. Martin Williamson 2. Neal Gordon 3. Unknown |
1. Noria 2. PoundGates & Co 3. wsa-cf |
|
63 | Oct 2004 | 36 |
1. Contamination monitoring 2. Maintenance |
1. Jason Kopschinsky 2. Martin Williamson |
1. Schematic Approach 2. Noria |
|
62 | Aug 2004 | 35 |
Tribology |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
61 | Jun 2004 | 34 |
1. Tribology 2. Metalworking fluid |
1. David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
60 | Apr 2004 | 33 |
1. Tribology 2. Health and safety 3. Metalworking fluids 4. Corrections |
1. David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker 3. Rod Parker 4. NA |
1. BLF 2. BLF 3. BLF 4. BLF |
|
59 | Feb 2004 | 32 |
Tribology |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
58 | Dec 2003 | 31 |
1. Environment and sustainability 2. Biodiesel |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
57 | Oct 2003 | 30 |
1. Lubricants analysis using ICP 2. Internet interface for laboratory services |
1. David Margaroni 2. Paul Parkinson |
1. BLF 2. Vernolab |
|
56 | Aug 2003 | 29 |
1. Maintenance 2. Metalworking fluids 3. Diesel engine oils |
1. Dave Garner 2. Rod Parker 3. David Margaroni |
1. Dow Corning 2. BLF 3. BLF |
|
55 | Jun 2003 | 28 |
Diesel engine oils |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
54 | Apr 2003 | 27 |
Automotive |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
53 | Feb 2003 | 26 |
Legislation |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
52 | Dec 2002 | 25 |
Quantification of particulate contamination |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
51 | Oct 2002 | 24 |
1. Condition monitoring 2. Good business practice 3. Good business practice |
1. David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker 3. Rod Parker |
1. BLF 2. BLF 3. BLF |
|
50 | Aug 2002 | 23 |
Infineum trends |
Rod Parker (edited) |
1. BLF |
|
49 | May 2002 | 22 |
1. Health and safety 2. COSHH |
1. B.J.Boomkamp 2. Rod Parker |
1. BLF Metalworking Fluids Stewardship Group 2. BLF |
|
48 | Feb 2002 | 21 |
1. Automotive 2. Storage and containment |
1. David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
47 | Nov 2001 | 20 |
1. ISO Preparation 2. Automotive |
1. David Penn 2. David Margaroni |
1. Institute of Quality Assurance 2. BLF |
|
46 | Aug 2001 | 19 |
Engine oils |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
45 | May 2001 | 18 |
1. Maintenance 2. Micropitting |
1. Rod Parker 2. David Margaroni |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
44 | Feb 2001 | 17 |
Engine oils |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
43 | Nov 2000 | 16 |
Health and safetyåÊ |
David Margaroni |
BLF |
|
42 | Aug 2000 | 15 |
1. Maintenance 2. 4-stroke motorcycle lubrication |
1. David Margaroni 2. David Margaroni |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
41 | May 2000 | 14 |
1. Industry links 2. Environment and sustainability |
1. Rod Parker 2. Tony Lesowiec |
1. BLF 2. Pera |
|
40 | Feb 2000 | 13 |
1. Engine oils 2. Petroleum waxes |
1. David Margaroni 2. David Margaroni |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
39 | Dec 1999 | 12 |
1. Engine oils 2. Re-refining: lube oil to diesel |
1. David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
38 | Jul 1999 | 11 |
1. Engine oils 2. Maintenance |
1. Abid Mian, abridged by David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker |
1. Ricardo Consulting Engineers (Abid Mian) 2. BLF |
|
37 | May 1999 | 10 |
1. Gear oils 2. Tribology |
1. Unknown 2. David Margaroni |
1. Lubrizol 2. BLF |
|
36 | Mar 1999 | 9 |
1. Service intervals 2. Good business practice |
1. David Margaroni 2. Rod Parker |
1. BLF 2. BLF |
|
35 | Dec 1998 | 8 |
1. Metalworking fluids 2. Food grade lubricants 3. Base fluids |
1. Tony Lesowiec 2. David Margaroni 3. Unknown |
1. Pera 2. BLF 3. ICI |