A bright orange truck made a few passes along Munger Shaw Road on Friday. It’s called SCRIM, and it’s a road survey machine that tests friction of pavement and surfaces. SCRIM stands for Sideway force ...

The functional lifetime of a wet clutch can be characterized using wear characteristics such as velocity dependence of the coefficient of friction (COF) and friction curves. Current market trends ...

Paris Transport Authority (RATP) has teamed with Wabtec Corp. to test “Green Friction” technology for brakes in an aim to improve tunnel air quality. Wabtec says Green Friction reduces micro-particle ...

In automatic transmissions a smooth clutch operation is related to the velocity dependence of the coefficient of friction (COF). Although JASO M348 and other full-scale clutch tests, or other ...

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new test service introduced by Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. offers verified performance results for Bal Seal ® low-friction spring-energized seals used in ...

MxV RAIL R&D, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2022 ISSUE: MxV Rail (formerly TTCI) conducted a series of full-scale wheel/rail (W/R) rolling contact tests using its Rolling Contact Fatigue Simulator (RCFS) to ...

Thermoplastics compounder RTP Co. offers friction testing services for disposable medical goods. The Winona, Minn., firm has developed a test to predict friction behavior in items that contain plastic ...