Latest Developments

  • We are currently working on a novel multi-station piston ring on cylinder liner test adapter. The adapter uses idealized (infinite diameter) ring samples, which can be manufactured easily, running on standard liners. Instead of running the ring samples axially along the liner, ring samples are run around the inside circumference of the liner, with continuous rotation or oscillatory motion. To view animations of this novel device, click play on the following images:


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  • Tribology Update

  • We publish Tribology Update approximately once per year. It provides a one paragraph introduction to each of our current development projects. We send an e-mail to our address list to advise when a new Tribology Update has been added to the web site. If you would like to be added to this list, please e-mail us at info@phoenix-tribology.com with UPDATE as the message subject and we will add your e-mail address to our list. If you want to be removed from our address list, please send a message with DELETE as the subject and you will be removed.

  • Tribology Update Issue 24 February 2010

  • Tribology Update Issue 24 auf Deutsch

  • Tribology Update Issue 24 en français

  • Tribology Update Issue 23 August 2009

  • Tribology Update Issue 23 auf Deutsch

  • Tribology Update Issue 23 en français

  • Tribology Update Issue 22 January 2009

  • Tribology Update Issue 22 auf Deutsch

  • Tribology Update Issue 22 en français

  • Tribology Update Issue 21 June 2008

  • Tribology Update Issue 21 auf Deutsch

  • Tribology Update Issue 21 en français

  • Tribology Update Issue 20 October 2007

  • Tribology Update Issue 20 auf Deutsch

  • Tribology Update Issue 20 en français


  • Other Information

  • Contract Research and Testing

  • Guidance Notes on Choice of Test Machines

  • Guidance Notes on Two Roller Machines

  • Guidance Notes on Diesel Fuel Lubricity Test

  • Design of Fretting Test Machines and Instruments

  • Guidance Notes on Test Specimens

  • Guidance Notes on Lubricated Testing

  • Guidance Notes on System Accuracy

  • Guidance Notes on Frequency Response & Sampling Rate

  • History - Plint Tribology - Early Years


  • Tribology Courses

  • The next Cambridge Tribology Course will take place on 15-17 September 2010. It is a three-day intensive short course organised by the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering and the Institute for Manufacturing.

  • Exhibitions 2010

  • This year we will be exhibiting at the following conferences:

  • Material Innovativ - 24 March - Kongresshalle Augsburg, Germany
  • Fretting Fatigue (ISFF6) - 19-21 April - Chengdu, China
  • STLE Annual Meeting - 16-20 May - Las Vegas, USA
  • NordTrib 2010 - 8-11 June - Luleĺ, Sweden
  • GfT Tribologie Jahrestagung - 27-29 September – Göttingen, Germany
  • Trends in der Motorentechnologie - 4 November - Passau, Germany
  • OeTG Symposium 2010 - 18 November - Dornbirn, Austria
  • TriboBr-2010 - 24-26 November - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • ASIATRIB 2010 - 5-9 December - Perth, Western Australia
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